Egg Powder
Uploaded on : November 2010
Product and Applications
Egg is a highly nutritious product. Eggs are rich in protein, vitamins and minerals. The poultry sector has made tremendous progress in the last decade. It has grown into an organized and highly productive industry. Fresh eggs have a very limited shelf life. To improve the shelf life and for ease of storage and usage egg powder is very convenient. It is quite stable at room temperature and can be stored over longer period. The manufacture of egg powder is an important segment of egg consumption. Egg powder is one of the most common products in poultry industry in the country. The technology for egg powder is available with CFTRI Mysore. Compliance with PFA Act for such a unit is essential.
Industry Profile and Market Assessment
Broadly speaking eggs are now considered as a vegetarian diet. It is consumed by both the nonvegetarians as well as moderate vegetarians. Eggs find their adoption in regular diet because of its nutritional qualities. Transportation and storage of fresh eggs is problematic. The conversion of eggs into dried egg powder takes care of both these drawbacks and is economical also. Egg powder has a major market in Defense organizations, Bakeries, Government canteens and in such areas where transportation is difficult such as hills.
Manufacturing Process & Know How
The process of manufacturing is simple and standardized. Manufacture of dried egg powder starts with breaking of egg and removing of shells. The mixture is then filtered and stored in tanks at about 4* C. The mixture is then taken to tubular heater system wherein it is dried at about 65*C for 8 t0 10 minutes and it is filtered and passed to high pressure spray drier with the help of high pressure pump. The resultant material is dry and and in the form of powder. This is then packed in poly lined boxes. The average yield is around 80%.
Know how is available with Central Government research Laboratories CFTRI Mysore. The machinery is all indigenously available.
The production capacity envisaged is 240 MTA per year 300 days and two shifts basis working.
Plant and Machinery
The main plant and machinery required comprise
- Egg Breaker. -4no.
- Centrifuge - 2nos.
- Filter. - 2nos
- Storage Tanks - 4 nos
- Feed Pump -2nos.
- Tubular Heater. - 1 no
- Balance Tank - 4 nos
- Feed Pump - 2 nos
- High Pressure Pump - 2 nos.
- High Pressure Spray Drier - 1 no.
- Cyclone with exhaust and Fan - 1no
- Packing unit - 1 no.
The total cost of machinery is estimated to be Rs.65.00 lakhs.
The unit will also require miscellaneous assets such as furniture, fixtures, storage facilities etc. the total cost of these is estimated to be Rs. 10.00 lakhs.
The total requirement of power shall be 75 HP, the unit will need 2500 lits of water daily.
Raw material and Packing Material
The basic raw material for the unit is fresh eggs and the daily requirement is 20,000 nos. Packing material like poly lined boxes, polythene sheets; box strapping's etc shall also be required.
On an average the raw material cost has been estimated to be Rs.67.20 lakhs at rated capacity. At 65% capacity in 1st year the cost works out to Rs 43.68 lakhs.
Land and Building
For smooth operation of the unit, it will require 800 sq. mts of open land and a built up area of 500 sq. mts. The total cost of land and building is estimated at Rs. 14.90 lakhs.
Manpower
For smooth functioning of the unit the requirement of man power is expected to be around 18 persons.
| Sales person | self |
| Skilled Workers | 4 |
| Semi skilled workers | 4 |
| Helpers | 8 |
| Machine Operator | 2 |
The annual salary bill is estimated to be around Rs.5.58 lakhs.
Sales Revenue: (100% capacity)
Selling price varies depending on the product mix quality. An average price of Rs 65,000/- per tonne has been taken the annual income at installed capacity of 240 tonnes is Rs 156.00 lakhs.
Cost of Project
Sales |
Rs. lakhs |
| Land & Building | 14.90 |
| Plant & Machinery | 10.00 |
| Other assets | 0.70 |
| Contingencies | 8.00 |
| P & P expenses. | 10.00 |
| Margin money | 3.40 |
| Total | 111.30 |
Means of Finance
| Promoters Contribution | 35.30 |
| Term Loan | 76.00 |
| Total | 111.30 |
Profitability: (60%capacity)
Rs. lakhs |
|
| Sales | 101.40 |
| Raw material | 43.68 |
| Salary | 5.58 |
| Utilities | 3.90 |
| Stores & Spares | 1.80 |
| Repairs & Maintenance | 2.40 |
| Selling expenses | 10.14 |
| Administrative expenses | 2.50 |
| Depreciation | 12.50 |
| Interest on T.L | 9.80 |
| Interest on W.C | 0.84 |
| Cost of production | 93.14 |
| Profit | 8.26 |
Requirement of Working Capital
Margin |
W.C |
Margin Money |
||
| Raw material & packing | 15 days | 30% | 1.80 | 0.55 |
| Stock of finished goods | 15 days | 25% | 2.40 | 0.60 |
| Working expenses | 1 month | 100% | 1.25 | 1.25 |
| Sale on credit | 15 days | 25% | 3.90 | 1.00 |
| Margin money for W.C | 3.40 |
Break Even point
48.75%
Machinery Suppliers
- M/S Techno Equipment, Pareek Street Girgaum Mumbai 400 004.
- M/s G R Engg. P Ltd.Worli, Mumbai 400 018.
- M/S Apurva Engg Works, Borivili, Mumbai 400 098
- M/S FMC Technology Hong Kong Ltd. Bhubaneshwar Housing Society Pashan Road Pune 411 008.
- M/S Flavourire Foods & Services P Ltd. Manas Bhavan, RNT Marg, Indore 452 008.
Contact for more information
Information Manager
TIMEIS Project
E-mail: timeis@ficci.com
