POTATO GRANULES
[EIRI/EDPR/1108] (J.C. 9753)
INTRODUCTION
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family (also known as the nightshades). The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species. Potatoes were first introduced outside the Andes region four centuries ago, and have become an integral part of much of the world's cuisine. It is the world's fourth-largest food crop, following rice, wheat, and maize. Long-term storage of potatoes requires specialised care in cold warehouses.
Wild potato species occur throughout the Americas, from the United States to Uruguay. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated independently in multiple locations, but later genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species proved a single origin for potatoes in the area of present-day southern Peru (from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex), where they were domesticated 7,000–10,000 years ago. Following centuries of selective breeding, there are now over a thousand different types of potatoes. Of these subspecies, a variety that at one point grew in the Chiloé Archipelago (the potato's south-central Chilean sub-center of origin) left its germplasm on over 99% of the cultivated potatoes worldwide.
Following the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, the Spanish introduced the potato to Europe in the second half of the 16th century. The staple was subsequently conveyed by European mariners to territories and ports throughout the world. The potato was slow to be adopted by distrustful European farmers, but soon enough it became an important food staple and field crop that played a major role in the European 19th century population boom. However, lack of genetic diversity, due to the very limited number of varieties initially introduced, left the crop vulnerable to disease. In 1845, a plant disease known as late blight, caused by the fungus-like oomycete Phytophthora infestans, spread rapidly through the poorer communities of western Ireland, resulting in the crop failures that led to the Great Irish Famine.
Thousands of varieties still persist in the Andes however, where over 100 cultivars might be found in a single valley, and a dozen or more might be maintained by a single agricultural household. Besides the need of ensuring proper genetic diversity of a crop, it also underscores the need of depending on several staple crops, and to preferably choose staple crops that are endemic and thus adapted to the local environment.
The annual diet of an average global citizen in the first decade of the 21st century included about 33 kg (73 lb) of potato. However, the local importance of potato is extremely variable and rapidly changing. It remains an essential crop in Europe (especially eastern and central Europe), where per capita production is still the highest in the world, but the most rapid expansion over the past few decades has occurred in southern and eastern Asia. China is now the world's largest potato-producing country, and nearly a third of the world's potatoes are harvested in China and India.
COST ESTIMATION
Plant Capacity 10 MT/Day
Land & Building (5000 sq.mt.) Rs. 5.91 Cr
Plant & Machinery Rs. 3.23 Cr
Working Capital for 3 Months Rs. 10.73 Cr
Total Capital Investment Rs. 2.49 Cr
Rate of Return 68%
Break Even Point 45%
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
ETYMOLOGY
NUTRITION
POSSIBLE LIMITATIONS OF THE PRODUCT INCLUDE:
PROPERTIES
USES AND APPLICATIONS
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
MARKET SURVEY
WORLDWIDE POTATO PRODUCTION
TABLE I - IMPORTANT POTATO GROWING DISTRICTS IN VARIOUS STATES
FAST GROWTH OF FAST FOOD CHAINS
ANNUAL SALES OF FAST FOOD CHAINS
OTHER RELATED INFORMATIONS:
PRODUCTION OF POTATO GRANULES
METHOD
MODIFIED POTATO FLAKES OR MODIFIED POTATO GRANULES
EXAMPLE 1
CAPACITY INCREASE
DRY FIBRES AND REHYDRATED FIBRES
EXAMPLE 2
HOT VISCOSITY
EXAMPLE 3
COLD VISCOSITY
EXAMPLE 4
REDUCING SUGARS
EXAMPLE 5
ACRYLAMIDE
EXAMPLE 6
PRODUCTION OF POTATO CHIPS
AGGLOMERATES OF POTATO GRANULES
EXAMPLES
THESE AGGLOMERATES LEND THEMSELVES TO RECONSTITUTION IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
EXAMPLE 2
EXAMPLE 3
EXAMPLE 4
PROCESS FOR PREPARING POTATO GRANULE COATED FRENCH FRIED POTATOES
EXAMPLES 1 AND 2
EXAMPLE 3
EXAMPLES 4-7
EXAMPLES 8-10
EXAMPLES 11-14
EXAMPLE 15
EXAMPLES 16 AND 17
MANUFACTURERS/SUPPLIERS OF POTATO POWDER/GRANULES
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENTS
SEALING MACHINE
BOILERS
GENERATOR SET
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND LAB TESTING EQUIPMENT
ANTIOXIDANTS
MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICALS
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)
