§1What this business is

Although listed as 'frozen fruit', the profile plans frozen mixed vegetables, green peas, sweet corn, broccoli, potato snacks, soya chaap and vegetable snacks. Produce is washed, peeled and cut, blanched, frozen fast in a blast freezer, then vacuum-packed and kept in cold storage until dispatch in refrigerated vehicles. Buyers are supermarkets, retailers, wholesalers, hotels, restaurants and caterers.

Capacity: Not printed in kg; sales at 90% capacity are shown as ₹17.42 L in one table and ₹23.90 L in the profit table.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

A food-technology graduate or produce trader with access to cold storage and hotel or retail buyers.

Who it is not for

Anyone in an area with long power cuts and no backup — a thaw ruins the whole stock.

Advantages

  • Year-round demand from hotels, caterers and city shoppers
  • Uses seasonal hill produce such as peas, potatoes and corn
  • Modest machinery bill (₹7.95 L)
  • Freezing cuts waste of seasonal gluts

Drawbacks

  • Heavy, round-the-clock power for freezing and storage
  • Needs a reliable cold chain to every buyer
  • Big national brands dominate shop shelves
  • The profile's own numbers do not add up

Skills you need

  • Blanching and freezing practice
  • Cold-chain and inventory control
  • Food safety and FSSAI compliance
  • Selling to retailers and HoReCa

Why difficulty 3/5: Simple process, but cold chain, power and selling against big brands are hard.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Supermarkets and retail chains
  • Wholesalers
  • Hotels, restaurants and caterers
  • Households through online sales

How it sells

  • Distributors with refrigerated vehicles
  • Direct supply to HoReCa
  • Online and direct-to-consumer

Good to know

  • The report sees supply to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and possibly Nepal and Bhutan.
  • Uninterrupted power or a generator is essential for cold storage.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Washing machine1₹1,20,000
Blanching machine1₹2,00,000
Peeling and cutting machine (automatic)1₹75,000
Blast freezer1₹3,00,000
Weighing scales, sealing and vacuum-packing machines1 set₹1,00,000

From: Uttarakhand DUY project profile — Frozen Fruit Manufacturing (Frozen Food Manufacturing)

  • Green peas, sweet corn, broccoli and mixed vegetablesfrom local farms in Uttarakhand and nearby regions
  • Potatoes and soya chaapfor frozen snacks
  • Batter, coatings and spicesfor snack lines
  • Vacuum-seal bags, heat-seal pouches, labelspacking material

From: Uttarakhand DUY project profile — Frozen Fruit Manufacturing (Frozen Food Manufacturing)

§5Licences & registration

  1. FSSAI licence
  2. Factory licence (report)
  3. Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board consent (report)
  4. GST
  5. Udyam
  6. Shops and Establishments registration, EPF and ESI (report)
  7. Legal Metrology registration for packed goods

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§6Schemes & subsidies

PMFME and PMEGP fit a new food unit of this size; AIF can support cold-chain and storage parts; MUDRA up to ₹20 L; CGTMSE for a collateral-free loan.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Building (rented) ₹1.50 L + plant & machinery ₹7.95 L + equipment & furniture ₹0.85 L + misc. fixed assets ₹0.02 L + preliminary ₹0.05 L + working capital ₹7.61 L = ₹17.98 L. Finance: own ₹7.19 L, bank ₹10.79 L.

Working capital: ₹7.61 L in the project cost.

Year not printed on the DUY 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

0710Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen

Export council / board: APEDA

  • Check the exact 8-digit code in the DGFT ITC-HS list before shipping.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Power failure spoiling stock
  • Seasonal raw-material supply
  • Competition from national brands
  • Freezer-burn and packaging failures

§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 vegetables and snacks unit 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, Factory licence (report)), 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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Sources

  1. Uttarakhand DUY project profile — Frozen Fruit Manufacturing (Frozen Food Manufacturing)

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