§1What this business is

Ripe mangoes are washed and pulped; the pulp is cooked with sugar or jaggery, flavour and preservative, spread in thin layers, dried in the sun or an electric drier, cooled, cut and packed. Aam papad sells through sweet and grocery shops, railway and bus-stand vendors, tourist spots and online. It is a seasonal product made in the mango months and sold all year.

Capacity: 1,800 (unit not printed) a year; cost of production ₹38.31 L.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

A food maker in a mango-growing belt with links to sweet shops and travel-point vendors.

Who it is not for

Someone far from mango supply or without storage for a year's stock.

Advantages

  • Liked by all ages; strong traditional demand
  • Low machinery cost (₹2.00 L)
  • Uses surplus and low-grade ripe mangoes
  • Sells well at travel and tourist points

Drawbacks

  • Mango season is only a few months
  • Sun-drying depends on weather; driers add cost
  • Many home-scale makers compete on price
  • Hygiene and moisture control are critical

Skills you need

  • Pulp cooking and sugar balance
  • Drying and cutting
  • Food hygiene and FSSAI labelling
  • Selling to shops and vendors

Why difficulty 2/5: Simple process; the challenge is the short season and storage.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Sweet and grocery shops
  • Railway, bus-stand and highway vendors
  • Tourist-spot shops
  • Online shoppers

How it sells

  • Wholesalers and distributors
  • Direct supply to retailers and vendors
  • Online marketplaces

Good to know

  • The profile calls aam papad a delicious item liked by people of all ages.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
SS/aluminium-top work tables (3' × 2½' × 6')2—
Pulper and homogeniser1 each—
Steam-jacketed kettle and boiler with accessories1 each—
Electric drier1—
Laboratory items, platform and table weighing balances, exhaust fans (2)1 set—
Total equipment (all items above)1 lot₹2.00 lakh

From: KVIC Project Profile — Mango Jelly/Aam Papad (PMEGP)

  • Ripe mangoesmain input; raw material ₹29.00 lakh a year in the profile
  • Sugar or jaggery, flavour, preservativesnamed in the process
  • Packing material and labels₹1.00 lakh a year in the profile

From: KVIC Project Profile — Mango Jelly/Aam Papad (PMEGP)

In our raw material database

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§5Licences & registration

  1. FSSAI licence or registration (by turnover)
  2. Udyam registration
  3. GST
  4. Boiler registration if the boiler falls under the Boilers Act

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§6Schemes & subsidies

PMEGP fits (KVIC profile); PMFME for micro food units; MUDRA up to ₹20 L; CGTMSE; Stand-Up India for SC/ST or women founders.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: KVIC profile: workshed 2,500 sq ft ₹5.00 L + equipment ₹2.00 L (SS/aluminium-top work tables, pulper, homogeniser, steam-jacketed kettle, boiler, electric drier, lab items, weighing balances, exhaust fans) = capital ₹7.00 L, + working capital ₹5.00 L = ₹12.00 L.

Working capital: Mango and sugar are bought in the short mango season — raw material ₹29.00 L a year; working capital ₹5.00 L.

Year not printed on the KVIC profile — check current machinery prices.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

Confirm the HS code in the DGFT ITC(HS) lookup before you export

2007.99Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purée and fruit pastes, other than citrus

Export council / board: APEDA

  • Confirm the 8-digit ITC(HS) line with DGFT or your customs broker.
  • You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Poor mango crop
  • Fungus from moisture
  • Price competition
  • Stock lying unsold off-season

§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan

A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.

  1. Days 1–30: Visit a working aam papad (mango jelly) unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
  2. Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (FSSAI licence or registration (by turnover), Udyam registration), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
  3. Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.

§11Who to connect with

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§12Watch

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Sources

  1. KVIC Project Profile — Mango Jelly/Aam Papad (PMEGP)

Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.