§1What this business is

Ripe jamun fruit is graded, washed and pulped; the pulp is homogenised, heated and pressed for juice, treated with enzymes, de-aerated, filtered, preserved, pasteurised, cooled and aseptically packed. The juice also goes into squashes, RTS drinks, jams and dairy drinks. Buyers are grocery shops, supermarkets, health stores and other food makers.

Capacity: Not printed in litres; year 1 at 50% of capacity with sales of ₹89.09 L, rising to 70% in year 5.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

Someone near jamun-growing areas who can buy and store a season's fruit and sell through grocery channels.

Who it is not for

Someone without cash to stock a full season's pulp.

Advantages

  • Jamun is well known and valued as a health drink
  • India is the world's second-largest jamun producer (report)
  • Small team of 5 people
  • Juice can also be sold to jam, squash and dairy makers

Drawbacks

  • Fruit is in season for only a few weeks
  • Raw material is about 78% of sales in year 1
  • Pulp must be stored for year-round sale
  • Big juice brands compete for shelf space

Skills you need

  • Fruit buying in season
  • Pasteurisation and hygiene
  • Shelf-life testing
  • Retail distribution

Why difficulty 3/5: Short fruit season and food-safety discipline make it demanding.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Grocery shops and supermarkets
  • Health and ayurvedic stores
  • Makers of squash, jam, ice cream and flavoured milk

How it sells

  • Distributors to retail
  • Online marketplaces
  • Bulk juice or pulp to other food makers

Good to know

  • Year-1 sales in the report: ₹89.09 L at 50% capacity.
  • Machinery costs are not itemised in the report — get supplier quotes.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Fruit washing unit——
Fruit pulping machine——
Homogeniser——
Hydraulic juice press——
Filtration unit——
Pasteurisation and cooling unit——
Aseptic filling machine——

From: UP MSME 1-Connect project profile — Jamun Juice Processing Unit (2024)

  • Ripe jamun fruitmain raw material
  • Wateras required
  • Citric acid0.1% (report)
  • Sodium benzoate0.3% (report)

From: UP MSME 1-Connect project profile — Jamun Juice Processing Unit (2024)

§5Licences & registration

  1. FSSAI licence
  2. Udyam
  3. GST
  4. Pollution Control Board consent (fruit waste and wash water)
  5. Legal Metrology registration for packed goods

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§6Schemes & subsidies

PMFME supports micro food-processing units; ₹22.31 L also fits PMEGP and CGTMSE; Stand-Up India for SC/ST and women founders.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Report cost of project ₹22.31 L: plant & machinery ₹16.00 L, furniture ₹0.25 L, miscellaneous assets ₹0.50 L, working capital ₹5.56 L; premises rented. Finance: own ₹2.23 L, term loan ₹15.08 L, bank working capital ₹5.00 L.

Working capital: Working capital ₹5.56 L, of which bank finance ₹5.00 L.

Report 2024.

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§8Export potential

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

2009Fruit juices, unfermented, not containing added spirit

Export council / board: APEDA

  • Register with APEDA (RCMC) to export processed fruit products; check the 8-digit code in the DGFT ITC-HS list.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Short, uncertain fruit season
  • Spoilage from poor hygiene
  • Large working-capital lock-up in pulp
  • Price competition

§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 jamun juice 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, Udyam), 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. UP MSME 1-Connect project profile — Jamun Juice Processing Unit (2024)

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