Space chocolate pricing model

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1	Stage	Item	Sort/ potential supplier	Unit	Cost per unit (£)	Number of units	Cost first launch	Units subsequent launches	Cost subsequent launches	Source	Source 2

2		Amount desired to make		100g Bar/ box of 8 chocs		1200		1600
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4	Recipe	Chocolate	Criollo cocoa beans bought wholesale	Kilo	30	102	£3,060	136	£4,080	Cocoa price chart, Trading Economics	Ankor store price for Criollo beans
5	Recipe	Sugar		Kilo	3.7	18	£67	24	£89	Co-op fair trade demerara sugar, retrieved 17 April 2025
6	Manufacture	Chocolate refiner	Innava				£400		£0	Innava 2ltr refiner
7	Manufacture	Design and build manufacturing plant	Open Cosmos, Space Forge				£3,000,000		£0	PB estimate
8	Manufacture	Design and build resuable transit vehicle	Astroscale				£3,000,000		£0	PB estimate
9	Regulations	Food hygeine training	Local Authority	training	25	10	£250		£0	Eg Food Safety.org.uk
10	Regulations	Food hygeine certificate	Local Authority	Cert	100	1	£100		£0	Skills training group
11	Regulations	Registration with CAA	CAA	Cert	6500	1	£6,500		£0	CAA licencing costs
12	Launch	Manufacturing plant	Orbex	kg	3000	30	£90,000		£0	Wikipedia launch price history, price is an estimate made by PB
13	Launch	Transit vehicle	Orbex	kg	3000	10	£30,000	10	£30,000
14	Launch	Ingredients	Orbex	kg	3000	120	£360,000	160	£480,000
15	Avoiding Debris	Monitor Space Hazards	The PSC		0	1	£0	1	£0	Free to all UK-registered satellite operators
16	Re-entry pick up	Rent a fishing boat	Eg Dale Fishing boats, Milford Haven	boat	300	1	£300	1	£300	Dale and Milford Haven Fishing Trips
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