Fixed capital investment
Direct or depreciable costs
Equipment:
- 2 kettles.
- 1 vertical autoclave with a capacity of 200 1 approximately.
- 1 boiler.
- 1 press.
- 1 pulper.
- 1 crown cork sealer.
Infrastructure:
Plant layout:
- processing room.
- boiler room.
- storeroom for goods and finished product.
- toilets and dressing rooms.
- quality control laboratory.
- area destined for the reception of raw materials.
Indirect or nondepreciable costs.
Plan and technical consultancy:
- Electrical installation.
- Installation of pipes for the supply of drinking water.
- Installation of pipes for the supply of steam.
- Installation of septic tank, septic pit and toilets.
- Installation of pipes for the disposal of waste waters.
- Installation of equipment in the plant.
Incidental expenses and contingencies.
Working capital
The working capital is usually considered on the basis of three working months.
Variable operating costs.
Fixed operating costs.
Fixed operating costs
Remuneration of permanent staff:
- Quality control supervisor.
- Processing plant workers.
- Boiler room operator.
- Plant cleaning staff.
Maintenance:
- Plant cleaning and disinfection.
- Equipment repair.
Insurance
Variable operating costs.
Products:
- Detergents (soaps and biodegradable detergents).
- Chemical disinfectants (sodium and calcium hypochlorite and cloramines).
- Packages (bottles, jars, cardboard boxes, bins).
- Cleaning materials (large brooms, buckets, hoses, brushes, sponges, etc.).
- Laboratory
- materials (pipettes, burettes, precipitation beakers, potentiometer, refractometer, glass flasks, etc.).
- Apparel (aprons, caps, masks, gloves, rubber boots).
- Utensils (jugs, knives, funnels).
- Twist-off lids for jars and crown corks.
- Additives (sodium benzoate, sodium metabisulfite).
- Sugar.
- Spices (onion, garlic, pepper, oil, oregano, basil, chili, carrot).
- Salt.
Raw materials:
- Fruits (maracuya, pineapple, papaya, guava).
- Vegetables (tomato, cucumber, spices).
Utilities:
- Electrical power.
- Drinking water.
- Fuel.