A processing unit converting Burhanpur's Tapti-valley banana glut into chips, flour and puree for snack brands and bakeries, capturing value-add the district forfeits when surplus fruit is dumped at distress prices.
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Burhanpur is Madhya Pradesh's leading banana producer, and its Tapti-valley crop regularly outruns the fresh market, pushing surplus to distress prices. This unit builds on the banana belt of the Tapti valley atom and targets the banana: raw fruit → chips, puree & fibre gap, processing fruit into fried/baked chips, green-banana flour, and aseptic puree for snack and bakery buyers. Steady local supply means low raw-material cost and a buffer against the fresh-market glut.
The capex covers slicing and frying or drying lines, a pulper/puree setup, and food-grade packing. Honest constraints: bananas are highly perishable so the unit must run close to harvest with reliable daily intake; FSSAI hygiene and consistent moisture/oil control decide shelf life and buyer trust; and flour and puree need stable demand contracts before scaling. Start with chips (simplest, strong retail pull), add flour and puree as buyer relationships firm up. Buyers are snack brands, bakeries and food manufacturers needing banana puree/flour, and regional retail for branded chips.
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Raw 85% · Processed 15%
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