MENTHOL OIL FROM LEAVES AND MENTHOL CRYSTALS (PEPPERMINT)
[EIRI/EDPR/1354] (J.C.120)
INTRODUCTION
There is a happy news for all the members that menthol mentholised mentha oil spearmint oil, citrate oil an also bazil oil from northern Indian house found roads into other countries. Thanks our exporters who have taken the pains and lead in exporting these oil at the right movement otherwise the price use bound to crash the year.
Another happy news is that the performance of a new strain of mentha arvensis, "shivalic 88" has been found quite encouraging. Its yeild is about one and a half times to two times than the existing variety of mentha arvensis MAS which was released earlier by CI MAP. The new variety seems to be of Chinese origin and was developed by one of the progressive farmers of a U.P. with this variety, it is hoped that the production of mentha oil will further go up in coming years and the prices will be stabilized to a great extent.
The commercial cultivation of the plants known as peppermint and spearmint, members of the genus mentha (Fam. labiatae) and the extraction processing and shipment of their oils, including menthol crystals, constitute an industry enrolling over $100 million in transactions each year. The mint plant are perennials yielding aromatic oils which are of increasing importance and have indeed long been a longest the world's most valuable flavouring materials. Mint is probably the world's third most important flavour being exceeded in popularity only vanilla and citrus flavours. The oils obtained by the relatively simple process of team distillation belong to a chemical class of plant product variably returned to as essential, volatile or ethereal oils, whose chemical composition consists almost entirely of hydrocarbon and oxygenated compounds know as terpenoids. The major terpene in peppermint oil is the alcohol menthol, accounting for the cooling sensation and that in spearmint oil is the letre carnone.
Economic variable also influence production levels. Mint growers can move into and out of mint production relatively easily since the land is suitable for several alternative crops and the production of mint is therefore influenced by the expected future price of the mint, usually based on past price levels, in comparison with the current and expected prices of compacting crops.
The quantity and quality of mint oil varies considerably from year to year. There are several factors contributing to these supply fluctuations, the most obvious one being the weather yields can also be influenced by husbandry practices, soils fertilisers usage, disease and pests, availability of suitable not stocks and the age of the mint plant. As regards the latter factor mentha species are perennials and other thing being equal, new plantings have lower average yields than two to three year old plants.
COST ESTIMATION
Plant Capacity 10 MT/Day
Land & Building (5000 sq.mt.) Rs. 5.91 Cr
Plant & Machinery Rs. 2.39 Cr
Working Capital for 1 Month Rs. 20.26 Cr
Total Capital Investment Rs. 29.41 Cr
Rate of Return 35%
Break Even Point 36%
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PROPERTY AND STRUCTURE
I.P. SPECIFICATION
QUALITY CONTROL
DETERMINATIONS OF THE CONGEALING POINT
GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY
B.I.S SPECIFICATION
MENTHOL - SPECIFICATION
USES AND APPLICATIONS
MARKET SURVEY
PRESENT MANUFACTURERS
PHARMACENTIAL AND TECHNICAL QUALITIES OF MENTHOL CRYSTALS
GENERAL DISCUSSION
MATERIAL AND METHODS
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
PREPARATION OF MENTHOL CRYSTAL
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
PROCESS FLOW SHEET
OTHER RELATED INFORMATIONS
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY
MANUFACTURERS/SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS
APPENDIX – A:
01. PLANT ECONOMICS
02. LAND & BUILDING
03. PLANT AND MACHINERY
04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS
05. FIXED CAPITAL
06. RAW MATERIAL
07. SALARY AND WAGES
08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT
11. COST OF PRODUCTION
12. TURN OVER/ANNUM
13. BREAK EVEN POINT
14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE
15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS
16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS
17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS
18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)