§1What this business is
Guavas are washed, peeled, blanched, crushed and passed through a pulper that removes the seeds. The pulp is heated in a kettle, hot-filled into cans and seamed. Drink, jam, jelly, ice-cream and bakery makers buy the pulp as a base. The model unit makes 150 tonnes a year (500 kg a day), buying guava at ₹20 a kg and selling pulp at ₹180 a kg.
Capacity: 150 tonnes of guava pulp a year (500 kg a day), 300 days of 8–10 hours; 55% use in year 2, 65% in year 3, 75% in year 4 and 90% in year 5.
§2Is it right for you?
Who it is for
A grower group or processor in a guava belt such as Prayagraj, Sawai Madhopur or Nashik with buyers among drink and jam makers.
Who it is not for
Someone with no industrial buyers arranged before the season starts.
Advantages
- Guava is cheap in season — ₹20 a kg in the report
- Pulp is an ingredient for juice, jam, ice cream and bakery makers
- 90% recovery from the fruit in the report
Drawbacks
- Fruit comes in two short seasons
- Packaging is the largest cost, more than the fruit
- Canned pulp must be sold to businesses, not walk-in buyers
Skills you need
- Sorting and ripening guavas
- Pulping and heat treatment
- Can seaming and hot filling
- Selling to food and drink makers
Why difficulty 3/5: Standard fruit-pulping line; the hard part is seasonal buying and finding bulk buyers.
§3Market
Who buys
- Juice, nectar and squash makers
- Jam, jelly and fruit-bar makers
- Ice-cream, dairy and bakery units
How it sells
- Direct bulk supply to food and drink makers
- Sale through pulp traders and agents
- Supply to hotels and caterers
Good to know
- The report takes the selling price at ₹180 a kg.
- Projected sales ₹148.50 L in year 2 and ₹202.50 L in year 4.
§4Raw material & machinery
| Item | Qty | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Cold store (9,000 kg) | 1 | ₹8 lakh |
| Washing tank (200 litre) | 1 | ₹0.6 lakh |
| Peeling machine (200 kg/hr) | 1 | ₹1.2 lakh |
| Blanching kettle, gas operated (300 litre) | 1 | ₹0.8 lakh |
| Crusher / miller (100 kg/hr) | 1 | ₹0.4 lakh |
| Pulping machine with de-seeder (100 kg/hr) | 1 | ₹0.6 lakh |
| Thermic fluid kettle with scraper (150 litre) | 1 | ₹1.6 lakh |
| Can seamer | 1 | ₹3 lakh |
| Hot filling machine | 1 | ₹1.1 lakh |
| Weighing balance | 1 | ₹0.06 lakh |
| Accessories | 1 | ₹0.5 lakh |
From: NIFTEM-Thanjavur (IIFPT) PMFME model DPR — Guava Pulp
- Ripe guava336 kg a day at 55% capacity, ₹20 a kg; 90% recovery; store below 6°C
- Preservative₹150 a kg in the report
- Cans and packaging₹12 per kg of pulp
§5Licences & registration
- Udyam registration
- GST registration
- FSSAI licence
- Trade licence from the local body
- Consent from the State Pollution Control Board where it applies
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§6Schemes & subsidies
- PMFMECentralUnclear35% subsidy, up to ₹10 lakh
- PMEGPCentralActive15–35% subsidy
- MudraCentralActiveLoan up to ₹20 lakh, no collateral
- CGTMSECentralActiveNo collateral, up to ₹10 crore
Written as a PMFME model (35% subsidy up to ₹10 L); the report shows subsidy ₹9.99 L, own money ₹8.20 L and term loan ₹14.62 L. The project is within PMEGP's ₹50 L manufacturing ceiling.
§7Money
How the investment is worked out: Land and building ₹5.18 L + plant and machinery ₹17.86 L + utilities ₹0.80 L + other fixed assets ₹0.90 L + pre-operative ₹0.90 L + contingencies ₹1.20 L + working capital margin ₹5.99 L = ₹32.83 L.
Working capital: Current assets of ₹23.97 L are needed in year 2; bank finance ₹17.98 L and margin ₹5.99 L.
Year not printed on the DPR (the PMFME scheme began in 2020) — check current machinery prices.
§8Export potential
Export council / board: APEDA
- Fruit pulp is an APEDA processed-food export group; the report plans for the home market.
- HS code not checked against the DGFT ITC-HS list here — confirm the code before you ship.
§9Risks — where people fail
- A poor guava season
- Pulp spoiling from poor sterilising or seaming
- Buyers switching to cheaper pulp
- Money stuck in 30-day credit to buyers
§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan
A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.
- Days 1–30: Visit a working guava pulp processing unit unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
- Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam registration, GST registration), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
- Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.
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Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.