Fruit Vinegar Manufacturing Unit
This project is for a fruit vinegar manufacturing unit that produces vinegar from various fruits like pineapple, apple, grape, and banana through alcoholic and acetous fermentation. The final product is filtered, aged in oak barrels to enhance flavor, and then bottled for sale in domestic and commercial markets.
Project cost & finance
Cost of Project
figures in ₹ Lakhs
| Plant & Machinery | 11 |
| Furniture & Fixtures | 1.22 |
| Working Capital | 3.33 |
| Total | 15.55 |
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Means of Finance
figures in ₹ Lakhs
| Own Contribution | 1.56 |
| Term Loan | 11 |
| Working Capital Loan | 3 |
| Total | 15.55 |
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Raw materials & machinery
Machinery & equipment4
- Vinegar generatorBuy on Amazon ↗
- Oak barrelsBuy on Amazon ↗
- Filtration SystemBuy on Amazon ↗
- Bottling and Sealing machineBuy on Amazon ↗
Raw materials6
- FruitsBuy on Amazon ↗
- AlcoholBuy on Amazon ↗
- AcetoseBuy on Amazon ↗
- Glass bottles & capsBuy on Amazon ↗
- LabelsBuy on Amazon ↗
- Sugar and CultureBuy on Amazon ↗
Manufacturing process
- Prepare fruit juice or aqueous extract.
- Adjust sugar concentration and add yeast for alcoholic fermentation.
- Pass fermented alcoholic liquor through a vinegar generator for acetic acid fermentation using acetobactor culture.
- Age the brewed vinegar in oak barrels for at least 6 months.
- Filter, pack in bottles, and seal the finished product.
From the project report
