Cheese Slice Manufacturing Unit
This project profile outlines the establishment of a cheese slice manufacturing unit. The facility produces packaged cheese slices from milk, culture, and rennet through a series of automated and semi-automated dairy processing steps.
Project cost & finance
Cost of Project
figures in ₹ Lakhs
| Plant & Machinery | 12.5 |
| Other Misc. Assets | 1.5 |
| Working Capital | 3.27 |
| Total | 17.27 |
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Means of Finance
figures in ₹ Lakhs
| Own Contribution | 1.73 |
| Term Loan | 12.6 |
| Working Capital Loan | 2.94 |
| Total | 17.27 |
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Raw materials & machinery
Machinery & equipment6
- Cheese VatBuy on Amazon ↗
Round vat where curd is moulded and cut
- Cheese AgitatorBuy on Amazon ↗
Used for proper mixing of ingredients in milk
- Curd StrainerBuy on Amazon ↗
Used to separate curd from whey
- Cheese Press MachineBuy on Amazon ↗
Used to remove moisture from curd
- Slice Cutting MachineBuy on Amazon ↗
Converts semi-liquid cheese into thin slices
- Automatic packaging machineBuy on Amazon ↗
Used to pack cheese slices hygienically
Raw materials3
- MilkBuy on Amazon ↗
Base dairy raw material
- CultureBuy on Amazon ↗
Bacterial culture for acidifying milk
- RennetBuy on Amazon ↗
Enzyme used to curdle milk
Manufacturing process
- Raw material procurement of milk, culture, and rennet
- Preparing and acidifying the milk by adding cultures to ferment and increase acidity
- Curdling the milk by adding rennet to create curds
- Cutting the curd with knives and heating to separate curds and whey
- Processing the curd through stirring, cooking, and washing
- Draining the whey to leave a mat of cheese curds
- Cheddaring the cheese by cutting the curd mat into sections, flipping, and milling
- Salting the cheese via dry salting or brining
- Shaping the cheese into slices using molds
- Aging the cheese and packaging using automatic packaging machines
Market
Cheese slices are widely used as toppings on pizzas, fillings in appetizers, slices on hamburgers, and sauces in pasta dishes, serving as a rich source of calcium and protein.
From the project report
