Spice makers, ready-meal factories and exporters buy dried onion flakes and powder all year. Nashik is one of India's largest onion-growing districts, with the Lasalgaon market inside the district, so fresh onion is always close at hand.
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This unit peels and slices fresh onions, dries them in a hot-air belt dryer, and packs them as flakes, small pieces and powder. Dried onion keeps for months, so you can sell long after the glut.
Nashik is one of India's largest onion-growing and trading districts, and the Lasalgaon market in Niphad taluka is widely seen as Asia's biggest onion market. Most onion is still sold raw, and gluts crash prices. NABARD's 2023-24 credit plan for Nashik puts food and agro processing at Rs 490.07 crore of credit potential and flags co-operative processing potential in Chandwad and Niphad blocks.
You need an FSSAI food licence, a factory licence, consent from the state pollution control board, and a shed with steady power. The hard part is raw material and quality. Many buyers want pale flakes from white onion, while most Nashik onion is red, so ask what they need and be ready to contract farmers to grow it. Dryer fuel and power bills are high, and buyers reject lots with dust, burnt pieces or too much moisture. A few drying units already work around Nashik, so you must win on steady quality.
Buyers are spice and masala firms, instant-noodle and ready-meal factories, and exporters. Send samples to buyers in Mumbai and Pune and get their written quality standards first.
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Raw 85% · Processed 15%
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