Alshams Agro Group is one of the largest fruit processing companies in the Middle East with an annual capacity of 60,000 tons. They process fruits like mango, grape, and oranges across 800 acres of farms. Solid and liquid wastes from processing include skin, seeds, peels, fiber and water, ranging from 1-50% depending on the fruit. To reduce losses, the company focuses on proper transportation, storage, optimized production lines and establishing criteria for raw materials. Current challenges include limited waste storage capacity and high costs of transporting and processing waste. Suggestions to address this include supporting waste-based companies, policies to reduce transport fees, and establishing on-site waste processing units.

1. Food Loss And Waste In Egypt
( Private Sector View)
Eng. Mohamed Abdelaty Elemam
Q.C & Q.A DEPT. MANAGER
ALSHAMS AGRO GROUP
FPRI EGYPT SEMINAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAO
"Food Loss and Waste in Egypt"
October 25, 2017
FAO-EGYPT

2. Company Profile
Al shams Agro Group
 Alshams agro group is one of the biggest companies in middle east
in fruit processing
 The full capacity approx. 60.000 tons of concentrated , pulp, and
NFC juice
 Alshams has a very advanced filling plant to fill T.P jar and cans also
fruit juice in glass and PET
 Alshams has farms for mango , grape and organic orange, about
800 acres
 Alshams factories has been stablished in 2013
 Location : Ismailia – Al Tal Al kabeer – Wadi Al molak , 22 station

3. Type of wastes in the factories
Waste
S ol i d
Waste
Skin
Seeds
Peels
Fiber
Soft dropped
fruit (3 %)
Rejected
fruit (1%)
Li qui d
Water
Purified
Rework
Farm irrigation

4. Losses Percentages in the Factory
S o l i d
Waste percentages
Orange
50 %
Grape
25 %
Mango
35 %
Guava
20 %
Pomegranate
50 %
Strawberry
8%
Soft
dropped
fruit
3 %
Rejected
fruit
1 %

5. Company’ Strategy To Reduce Fruit Losses
and Wastes
• Criteria to receive raw materials for each variety
• Reducing post harvest handling processes
• Reducing number of conveying chain and the distances between
them inside the processing lines
• Proper transportation system from farm to factories
• Optimum utilization of production lines’ capacities
• Better storage facilities and in proper ways for un-processed
materials

6. Current Problems and challenges
• More wastes than the factories’ storage capacity
• Huge spaces are required to dry wastes for producing
animal feed e.g. in case of tomatoes
• Lower number of waste-based processing companies
• High cost to transport waste from one place to another

7. Suggestions and Requirements to
Reduce Losses and Waste
• Increase awareness and attitudes toward waste utilization and
its economic value
• Supporting and establishment of waste-based processing
companies
• New policies e.g. reducing road crossing fees/tolls
• Establishment separate waste processing units in factories
• Growing specific fruit varieties for processing
• Establishment of factories that are close by their raw materials

8. Water Treatment and Filtration Unit

9. Waste Storage Tanks

10. COMPOST

11. WASTE !!

12. WASTE !!

13. THANK YOU