Cookies
This project profile outlines the setup of a semi-automatic cookies manufacturing unit. The facility processes raw ingredients like wheat flour, sugar, and shortening to produce various styles of packaged cookies for daily snacking.
Project cost & finance
Cost of Project
figures in ₹ Lakhs
| Plant & Machinery | 7.5 |
| Furniture & Fixtures | 1 |
| Working Capital | 4.44 |
| Total | 12.94 |
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Means of Finance
figures in ₹ Lakhs
| Own Contribution | 1.29 |
| Term Loan | 7.65 |
| Working Capital Loan | 4 |
| Total | 12.94 |
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Raw materials & machinery
Machinery & equipment4
- Planetary mixerBuy on Amazon ↗
Equipment for mixing ingredients
- Baking OvenBuy on Amazon ↗
Equipment for baking cookies
- Dropping machineBuy on Amazon ↗
Equipment for dropping and shaping cookies
- Sugar mixtureBuy on Amazon ↗
Equipment for grinding and mixing sugar
Raw materials5
- Wheat FlourBuy on Amazon ↗
Main baking ingredient
- SugarBuy on Amazon ↗
Sweetener
- FlavoursBuy on Amazon ↗
Food flavoring agents
- OilBuy on Amazon ↗
Bakery shortening and oil
- ChemicalsBuy on Amazon ↗
Food grade additives and leavening agents
Manufacturing process
- Cool bakery shortening to a low temperature to prevent lumps during mixing.
- Grind sugar using a sugar grinder.
- Mix the ground sugar, chilled bakery shortening, and filtered water together thoroughly.
- Add refined wheat flour and required flavours to prepare the dough mixture.
- Transfer the prepared mixture to the dropping machine for shaping and sizing.
- Load trays onto the conveyor where cookies drop automatically.
- Transfer trays to a trolley and bake the cookies at 180 degree Celsius for 25 minutes.
- Send the baked cookies to the packaging department for final dispatch.
Market
India's biscuit and cookie market is growing rapidly due to rising disposable incomes, urbanization, and a shift towards packaged snack options.
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