Food Packaging Industry
Team Members
Nadiminti Chandana Sri Sai
Anshika Agarwal
Aryama Dipt
NATURE IS ALL WE NEED
ABOUT US
•Company Name: From & For Nisargah Packages
•Product Name: Biodegradable Active Package with plant extracts.
•Business Type: Business to Business(B2B)
•Location: Alhadpura Village, Vadodara, Gujarat
•Key Objective: Increasing shelf life of minimally processed food with no ill-effects towards environment in order to provide healthy food for the indian consumers.
•Target Audience: Minimal processing Industries, other food processing industries.
NATURE IS ALL WE NEED
VISION OF THE COMPANY
DEVELOPED SOLUTION : Biodegradable Active Package
The solution developed is based on the Indian traditional practices. People used to eat on the banana leaves as it eliminates the toxic substances from the food. And Carica Papaya leaves are used to wrap the vegetables and fruits as it used to delay its spoilage and microbial growth and also keeps them fresh for a longer time than usual.
Papaya leaves extract is one of the powerful antimicrobial & antioxidant agents due its bioactive, phenolic and other compounds such as alkaloids, flavonoids, saponin and tannin. The studies say that it reduces disease risks and also acts as anti-tumour & anti-inflammatory drug.
The food package is developed specially for the minimally processed foods with the processed banana leaves and papaya leaves extract as the major substance in the food package. This package is completely biodegradable and also a active package as it enhances quality and prolongs shelf-life.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The package is majorly of two layers. The outer layer is made with recycled paper or cardboard and wood dust. Its role is to only give strength to the package. The inner layer is in direct contact with the food. These are the active substances of the package which makes this package an active package. Banana leaves are processed to be made into a package tray on which there will be bio-based films of papaya leaves extracts.
MANAGEMENT TEAM & OPERATIONS
MATERIALS & EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED
PRODUCTION PROCESS
Procurement of raw materials.
Papaya Leaves
Banana Leaves
Recycled paper, cardboard & wood dust
Cleaning and washing leaves with alcohol & distilled water
Extraction of the needed compounds by soxhlet apparatus and forming bio-based films of the extracted material.
Cleaning & washing
Processing of banana leaves into a package using EverGreen Machine.
Preparing a mixture of the recycled material and wood dust for the mold.
Baking the mold into a customized food package.
Combining all the three materials to form a single biodegradable active package.
MARKETING
Referral & integrated marketing
Business to Business Marketing.
FINANCE: CAPITAL COST
PARTICULAR | COST (INR) |
Land Cost | 7 Lakhs |
Machinery + Equipment | 70,000 |
Other Fixed Document | 45,000 |
Raw Materials and Transport Charge | 40,000 |
Labours and Staffs Salary | 300,000 |
Power and Water Charge | 40,000 |
Advertisement Cost | 40,000 |
Commission to distributors and Agents | 30,000 |
TOTAL | 1,265,000 |
FINANCE: FUNDING SOURCES
BREAK EVEN POINT
Total capital cost: Rs. 1,265,000
Variable Cost per unit=Rs.12.31
Sales Price per unit=Rs.14
Therefore, break even point i.e total cost will be equal to the total revenue when 90,344 units have sold at a priceof 14/-
COMPANY OUTLOOK IN FUTURE
1) As we reach our break even point, and as the sales increase; by that time, we will be ready with the similar biodegradable active packages which will be used for other processing methods like canned foods, frozen foods, dried foods etc.
2) We will also expand our company by establishing industries all over India.
3) Everyone is now concerned about nature and environment and also their comfort. Because of these things, our product has got high hopes for the future i.e. it will provide better packaging to foods and also does not contribute in polluting our environment.
4) Also, in the near future, people will surely move more towards minimal processed foods & thus, our company surely thinks of expansion and starting to manufacture minimally processed foods itself.
5)We will try to make things easy for everyone who’s working tirelessly and not getting the comfort of food because of affordability issues with our less expensive products.
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