§1What this business is

Peaches are washed and pulped. The pulp is blended with sugar syrup, filtered, homogenised, pasteurised in a plate heat exchanger and filled into bottles. The DPR plans 500 kg of juice drink a day and counts 1 kg of drink from 0.264 kg of peach, so it is a pulp-based beverage rather than pure juice.

Capacity: 150 MT of peach juice a year (500 kg a day), 300 days. Planned at 55%, 65%, 75%, 90% and 100% of capacity in years 2–6 (82.5 to 150 MT). The DPR speaks of 80, 90 and 100 kg of ripe fruit a day at 55%, 65% and 75%.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

A hill fruit processor or growers' group in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, J&K or the North-East hills.

Who it is not for

A plains unit that would buy peaches after long transport.

Advantages

  • Peach drink is uncommon, so it stands out from mango and orange
  • Uses ripe or slightly soft fruit that cannot travel far
  • Needs little fruit per kg of drink (0.264 kg)
  • Same line suits apricot, plum and apple drinks

Drawbacks

  • Peaches ripen in a short hill season
  • Fruit bruises and spoils within days
  • Hill locations add transport cost to city markets
  • Low price per kg — ₹80 in the DPR

Skills you need

  • Stone-fruit pulping and stone removal
  • Blending to a fixed sweetness and acidity
  • Pasteurising and clean filling
  • Selling to tourist and city outlets

Why difficulty 3/5: Easy line, but the fruit season is short and the product is perishable.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Tourist shops, hotels and cafés in hill towns
  • Kirana shops and supermarkets
  • Canteens and caterers

How it sells

  • Area distributors
  • Own outlet on a tourist route
  • Online marketplaces

Good to know

  • The DPR assumes an average selling price of ₹80 a kg of drink.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Cold store (1,500 kg, 4 kW)1₹6 lakh
Washing station (100 kg/hr)1₹0.4 lakh
Pulping machine (100 kg/hr)1₹1 lakh
Sugar syrup preparation tank (100 litres)1₹1 lakh
Mixing/blending tank (100 litres)1₹0.65 lakh
Filter press (100 litres)1₹0.6 lakh
Homogeniser (100 litres/hr)1₹2.3 lakh
Pasteuriser, plate heat exchanger (100 litres/hr)1₹1.6 lakh
Filling and capping machine1₹2.7 lakh
Weighing balance1₹0.06 lakh
Accessories1₹0.5 lakh

From: NIFTEM-Thanjavur (IIFPT) PMFME model DPR — Peach Juice

  • Ripe peaches₹50 a kg in the DPR; 0.264 kg for 1 kg of drink
  • Sugar₹32 a kg in the DPR
  • Bottles, caps and labelspacking material

From: NIFTEM-Thanjavur (IIFPT) PMFME model DPR — Peach Juice

§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST registration
  3. FSSAI licence or registration
  4. Trade licence or factory permission from the local body
  5. Legal Metrology registration for packaged goods

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§6Schemes & subsidies

At this size the project fits PMFME (35% credit-linked grant, up to ₹10 lakh) or PMEGP (manufacturing up to ₹50 lakh) — choose one subsidy; MUDRA or a CGTMSE-backed loan can cover the working capital.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Building 60 × 32 × 12 ft ₹4 L + plant and machinery ₹16.81 L + utilities and fittings ₹0.6 L + other fixed assets ₹0.6 L + pre-operative ₹0.50 L + contingencies ₹0.90 L + working capital margin ₹3.83 L = ₹27.24 L, as printed in the Project at a Glance and the project-cost table.

Working capital: Working capital gap ₹15.32 L, ₹18.10 L and ₹24.68 L in years 2–4; margin money (25%) ₹3.83 L, ₹4.53 L and ₹6.17 L; bank finance ₹11.49 L, ₹13.58 L and ₹18.51 L.

Year not printed on the DPR (the PMFME scheme began in 2020) — check current machinery prices.

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§8Export potential

Export council / board: APEDA

  • The DPR prints no HS code — look up the exact code in the DGFT ITC-HS schedule before you quote to a foreign buyer.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Hail or a bad season cutting fruit supply
  • Browning of pulp and loss of colour
  • Spoilage of bottles from under-pasteurising
  • Sales limited to the tourist 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 peach juice (bottled drink) unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
  2. Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam registration, GST 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.

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Sources

  1. NIFTEM-Thanjavur (IIFPT) PMFME model DPR — Peach Juice

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