Frozen Foods Plant (Curried Vegetables, Paratha, Snacks)

§1What this business is

Vegetables and other raw materials are sorted, washed, peeled, sliced, blanched and cooked with spices; parathas are stuffed with spiced vegetables. Products are filled, packed and frozen for long storage, and some lines are retort-packed. Raw material is kept in dry, chilled and frozen stores to avoid cross-contamination. Buyers are frozen-food retailers, supermarkets, hotels and caterers.

Capacity: Not printed in tonnes; sales of ₹270 L at 60% use in year 1 and ₹450 L at full capacity.

§2Is it right for you?

Skills you need

• Food-safety systems (HACCP)
• Recipe standardisation
• Freezing and cold-chain management
• Selling to modern retail and food service

Why difficulty 5/5: ₹6.50 crore, a cold chain and four loss-making years in the report.

§3Market

§4Raw material & machinery

From: SIDBI Stand-Up Mitra project profile — Frozen Foods (2018) — private guide — confirm locally

• Vegetables, potatoes and pulsesbought fresh and stored in chilled or frozen stores
• Wheat flour, spices, oil and other ingredientsdry store
• Food-grade packing materialpouches and cartons

From: SIDBI Stand-Up Mitra project profile — Frozen Foods (2018) — private guide — confirm locally

§5Licences & registration

1. FSSAI licence
2. Udyam registration
3. GST
4. State Pollution Control Board consent (boiler and wastewater)
5. Boiler registration under IBR if covered
6. Factory licence and fire NOC
7. IEC code for export

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§6Schemes & subsidies

• CGTMSECentralActiveNo collateral, up to ₹10 crore
• Stand-Up IndiaCentralClosed₹10 lakh – ₹1 crore loan

Too large for PMEGP or PMFME individual support; CGTMSE can guarantee part of the bank loan and Stand-Up India can fund SC/ST and women founders. The report refers to MoFPI schemes for cold-chain and backward/forward linkages.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Land ₹100 L + building ₹180 L + plant & machinery ₹250 L + furniture ₹5 L + preliminary ₹25 L + working-capital margin ₹90 L = ₹650 L. Finance: promoter ₹162.50 L, bank ₹487.50 L.

Working capital: ₹90 L: inventories ₹45 L, receivables ₹22.50 L, overheads ₹22.50 L; bank ₹50.63 L, own margin ₹39.38 L.

Stand-Up Mitra profile uploaded in 2018; the year is not printed on the profile. Machinery and material prices will be higher now.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

§9Risks — where people fail

• Cold-chain breaks spoiling stock
• Long losses before break-even
• Vegetable price swings
• Competition from large frozen-food brands

§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 frozen foods plant (curried vegetables, paratha, snacks) 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, 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

§12Watch

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¶Sources

1. SIDBI Stand-Up Mitra project profile — Frozen Foods (2018)

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