tripleclicks.com
i. Executive Summary
Our company is a Limited Liability Company
based in Lagos, Nigeria. It is a business set up with a clear, dedicated and
committed vision, to excel and grow into one of the best Agro based industries
in Lagos which has taken advantage of the abundant raw materials produced to
create goods for export. The proposed plant will be built in Lagos, Nigeria.
We also have
acquired recently a 10,000 hectares plant land in the same region for
cultivating of tomato. Our processing plant we believe will be run by a team of
experts that include Mr…………….. as the General Manager. It is also important to
note that our company is registered as a limited liability company.
We believe
that our plant will have tomato processing capacity of about 14 tons per day.
We plan to make arrangements for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled manpower,
raw materials and plant housing as necessary for the success of our business.
We also
believe that we will provide funding for machinery, skilled manpower, take-off
capital, among other things through loan from BOA. Our management will jointly organize
for marketing of manufactured tomato paste.
Advantages of Tomato Processing
According to Goldberg (2011) the following
reasons amongst others are some of the advantages why food is processed:
1. Processing protects food against
spoilage.
2. Processing of tomato makes it to last
long.
3. It adds value to tomato.
4. Processing tomato makes it to be
available most of the time.
5. It makes transportation easier.
6. Processing food increases
profitability.
7. It lowers the cost during off season.
8. Processing makes it easy to store
food.
9. Processing of food makes it to be
safe for consumption.
Disadvantages of Processed Tomato
1. When tomato is processed, the taste
will no longer be fresh.
2. The nutritional value of processed tomato
is always reduced.
3. The colour of processed tomato is not pure.
4. There is change in texture when fresh
tomato is processed.
Materials
required for primary processing:
Grinding machine, filter, thermometer, Refract
meter, pH meter or papers, tables, knives, vessel, pots, heat source, water
source etc.
METHODS OF PROCESSING
•
Dehydration
• Chemical preservation
• Pasteurization
(heat treatment) this business plan will lay emphases on wet milling of tomato
i.e. the Processing of tomato into Paste using pasteurization.
PRODUCTS OF THE COMPANY
Our products are listed below:
-
Tomato Paste
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Tomato Ketchup
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Tomato juice and sauce
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Dried tomatoes
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Tomato powder
It is our hope to provide excellent customer
service for our customers and suppliers. We will also produce these products,
and export 70% of the products directly from Nigeria to our neighbouring
countries. We believe that Nigeria will also gain from foreign exchange
earnings and added value for its rotten produce which would have gone to waste.
ii. Vision
Our vision
is to be one of the largest producers of tomato paste, juice and other food
products in Nigeria, Africa and world at large.
iii. Mission
We have
decided to provide a wide variety of processed tomato products to Nigerian
citizens. We understand that the customer service is extremely important,
therefore we provide excellent customer service because we want each customer
to have a pleasant experience with our goods.
TOMATO PASTE PROCESSING FACTORY
1.
Project Description
This proposal is based on the establishment of a small scale
tomato paste processing plant.
The factory is for the installation and industrial processing
of raw tomatoes in tomato processing mills to produce high quality tomato paste
and other by-products.
Hence, the factory
would buy fresh tomatoes from tomato farmers/farms using various strategies in
processing it into tomato paste for sale to domestic markets and international
market or export on demand.
For the complete business plan contact:
Charllychim Ventures
Call/whatsaap: 09023301229
charllychim@gmail.com:
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