Confectionery Products
This project profile covers the manufacturing of various confectionery products like hard candies, toffees, and lozenges. The unit operates with a capacity to produce 66,000 kg of confectionery products per annum.
Project cost & finance
Cost of Project
figures in ₹ Lakhs
| Building & Civil Work | 4 |
| Plant & Machinery | 8.19 |
| Furniture & Fixtures | 0.8 |
| Other Misc. Assets | 0.5 |
| Working Capital | 6.51 |
| Total | 20 |
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Means of Finance
figures in ₹ Lakhs
| Own Contribution | 2 |
| Term Loan | 12.14 |
| Working Capital Loan | 5.86 |
| Total | 20 |
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Raw materials & machinery
Machinery & equipment15
- Vaccum CookerBuy on Amazon ↗
Machinery for cooking syrup under vacuum
- Toffee sizing machineBuy on Amazon ↗
Machinery for sizing toffees
- Pedal press with one set of dieBuy on Amazon ↗
Machinery for pressing shapes
- Plasto plast rotary machine with motor cutter and an drying unitBuy on Amazon ↗
Rotary forming and cutting machinery
- Lozenges machine hand driverBuy on Amazon ↗
Manual lozenges making machine
- Extro roller for lozenges machineBuy on Amazon ↗
Roller component for lozenges machine
- Toffee cutterBuy on Amazon ↗
High speed steel blade cutter
- Boiling PanBuy on Amazon ↗
Open boiling pan for syrup
- Wooden working table with aluminium topBuy on Amazon ↗
Working table surface
- Sugar GrinderBuy on Amazon ↗
Grinding sugar to powder
- Mixer machine small sizeBuy on Amazon ↗
Small mixing equipment
- Cooling tableBuy on Amazon ↗
For cooling cooked confectionery mass
- Polythene bag sealing machineBuy on Amazon ↗
Bag sealing equipment
- Packing MachineBuy on Amazon ↗
Automated packing equipment
- Platform Weighing ScaleBuy on Amazon ↗
Weighing scale for materials
Raw materials5
- Cane SugarBuy on Amazon ↗
Primary sweetener ingredient
- Glucose Syrup commercialBuy on Amazon ↗
Used for inversion and texture
- Condensed Milk, coca powder, butterBuy on Amazon ↗
Flavor and texture additives
- Chemical flavour & colourBuy on Amazon ↗
For product coloring and flavoring
- Packing MaterialBuy on Amazon ↗
For packaging finished confectionery
Manufacturing process
- Prepare a solution of cane sugar with invert sugar or glucose syrup.
- Cook the syrup in an open pan or steam jacketed vacuum cooker.
- Quickly cool the cooked supersaturated sugar solution by spreading on a water-cooled table or slab.
- Thoroughly mix colouring and flavouring materials into the cooled mass.
- Cut the mixture into various shapes using frame cutters or machines.
- Pack the finished confectionery products.
Market
Confectionery products have high mass consumption in both urban and rural areas, particularly among children and during festivals. The market is competitive, requiring proper selection of raw materials, flavours, and packaging to maintain sustainability.
From the project report
