Food processing transforms raw ingredients into food for consumption. It involves cleaning, processing, and packaging crops and meat. Common food processing methods produce long shelf-life and marketable products. This document discusses establishing a spice processing unit for grinding and mixing spices. The unit requires 2000 square feet of land and a 1300 square foot building. Key machinery includes an impact pulverizer, hammer mill, and sifter. Startup costs total around $30,000 including the building, machinery, and other equipment. Monthly operating costs are around $180,000, including raw materials, labor, packaging, and transportation. The unit aims to produce 200 kg of spices per hour.

1. FOOD PROCESSING
SPICE PROCESSING UNIT (MASALA UNIT)
Food Processing
Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or to
transform food into other forms for consumption by humans or animals either in the home or by the
food processing industry. Food processing typically takes clean, harvested crops or butchered animal
products and uses these to produce attractive, marketable and often long shelf-life food products.
Similar processes are used to produce animal feed.
Food processing possibility short down
 Pulse Processing Unit. (Dal Mill)
 Wheat Processing Unit. (Aata Mill)
 Ginger Garlic Paste Processing Unit.
 Spice Processing Unit. (Masala Unit)
Spice Processing Unit (Masala Unit)
Spices are most important constituents of Indian food and cuisines, and are used not only for household
purpose, but also in hotels, restaurants, eateries and food processing industries.
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2. Raw Material
Land & Building
Land Required 2000 Sq Ft.
Building Required (Height of the building should be 20Ft.)
Machine Area (All three along with their accessories) 500 Sq Ft.
Row Material Storage 300 Sq Ft.
Finished Good 100 Sq Ft.
Office 100 Sq Ft.
Packaging Area 100 Sq Ft.
Processing Area 200 Sq Ft.
Total 1300 Sq Ft.
Machinery
For a Spice Plant (Mix Masala) three basic machines is required:
1. Impact Pulverizer - Use for grinding of Turmeric & Mango (Aam Chour)
2. Hammer Mill - Use or all kind of spices
3. Sifter - Use for straining of processed spices
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3. Accessory
1. Motor - 30 HP for Impact Pulverizer
- 30 HP for Hammer Mill
- 2 HP for Sifter
2. Group Pulley - 2
3. V-Belts - 2
Capacity Utilization
 Ist Year 65%
 IInd Year 85%
 IIIrd year onwards 100%
Staffing
Designation No.
Plant Manager 1
Accountant 1
Pant Supervisor 1
Helper 3
Operator 1
Marketing Manager 1
Marketing Executive 2
Security Guard 1
Peon 1
Electricity
For the production of 12 Hrs. / day electricity utilization would be 20,904 units / month.
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4. Costing
Land (2000 Sq Ft.) 100,000.00
Building (1300 Sq Ft. x Rs. 1100) 1,430,000.00
Impact Pulverizer 220,000.00
Machinery Hammer Mill 165,000.00
Sifter 45,000.00 430,000.00
Motor 85,000.00
Accessory Group Pulley 6,000.00
V-Belts 2,000.00 93,000.00
Furniture & Fixture 10,000.00 10,000.00
Miscellaneous 10,000.00 10,000.00
Total of Capital Investment (one time investment) 2,073,000.00
Average cost of
200 Kg / Hr. x 12 Hr x 26 Days
Row Material row spices is 15,600,000.00
= 62400 Kg per Month
250/Kg
65 units / Hr. x 12 Hr x 26
Cost per unit is
Electricity Days = 20280 units per 131,820.00
6.50
Month
Plant Manager - 1 10,000.00
Accountant - 1 6,000.00
Pant Supervisor - 1 6,000.00
Helper - 3 9,000.00
Manpower Operator - 1 5,000.00 65,000.00
Marketing Manager - 1 10,000.00
Marketing Executive - 1 12,000.00
Security Guard - 1 4,000.00
Peon - 1 3,000.00
Administrative 5,000.00
Total of Running Cost (Monthly Investment) 15,801,820.00
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5. Amortization of Capital Investment (Rs. 2,073,000.00) in 3 years (2073000/36)i.e. Rs. 57584 per month.
Therefore Amortization Amount 57,584.00
Running Cost 15,801,820.00
Packaging & Transportation (0.50 Packing & 0.50
624,000.00
Transportation)
16,483,404.00
1 Pack of 100gm will cost at Rs. 24.64
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This Project is made by Krishna Kant Malviya at Bhopal in Nov 2010 – Jan 2011, all the facts and figures
were take form reliable scores, but it does not claim to be 100% correct.
This project is open for public viewing, and can be used by anybody. The writer will welcome any
feedback at krishnakantmalviya@yahoo.com
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