Soya Chaap Making Unit

§1What this business is

A dough of soya flour, oil and wheat flour is kneaded, cut and wrapped by hand on wooden sticks, boiled for 30 minutes, cooled in cold water, blast-frozen, packed and kept in a cold chamber until it goes out through the cold chain. Soya chaap is a high-protein vegetarian food cooked in gravies or as a snack; the DPR says 200 g gives almost 30 g of protein.

Capacity: 100 kg an hour, one 8-hour shift, 300 days = 2,28,000 kg a year after 5% wastage; the DPR starts at 35% (79,800 kg) and reaches 55% in year 5.

§2Is it right for you?

Skills you need

• Dough making and product consistency
• Running blast freezers and cold rooms
• Food hygiene and FSSAI rules
• Selling to HoReCa and frozen-food distributors

Why difficulty 3/5: Easy recipe, but cold-chain distribution makes or breaks the business.

§3Market

§4Raw material & machinery

From: NIFTEM-K project profile — Soya Chaap Unit (PMFME model DPR) (2022)

• Soya flour₹35–40 a kg in the DPR
• Wheat flour₹30–35 a kg in the DPR
• Edible oil₹100–150 a litre in the DPR
• Wooden sticks and packing materialchaap is wrapped on sticks and packed in 1 kg packs

From: NIFTEM-K project profile — Soya Chaap Unit (PMFME model DPR) (2022)

§5Licences & registration

1. FSSAI licence
2. Udyam
3. GST
4. Legal Metrology registration for packed goods
5. Fire NOC and State Pollution Control Board consent as required

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§6Schemes & subsidies

• PMFMECentralUnclear35% subsidy, up to ₹10 lakh
• PMEGPCentralActive15–35% subsidy
• CGTMSECentralActiveNo collateral, up to ₹10 crore
• MudraCentralActiveLoan up to ₹20 lakh, no collateral

PMFME (the DPR is a PMFME model with a 35% subsidy up to ₹10 L), PMEGP and CGTMSE fit. Bank finance in the DPR is ₹18.87 L (term loan ₹15.37 L + working capital ₹3.50 L), within the MUDRA ₹20 L limit.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: NIFTEM-K PMFME model DPR: total ₹31.84 L = plant & machinery ₹25.45 L + miscellaneous assets ₹2.50 L + working capital ₹3.89 L. Premises rented (rent ₹3.60 L in year 1).

Working capital: Working capital ₹3.89 L (bank limit ₹3.50 L). The DPR lists soya flour at ₹35–40 a kg, oil at ₹100–150 a litre and wheat flour at ₹30–35 a kg — ₹40–50 of raw material in a 1 kg packet that sells at ₹90 in year 1.

Year not printed in the DPR; NIFTEM-K published it in July 2022 — check current machinery prices.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

§9Risks — where people fail

• Thawing and spoilage if the cold chain breaks
• Power cuts damaging stock
• Quality complaints (texture, taste)
• Competition from local fresh chaap makers

§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 soya chaap making 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

§12Watch

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¶Sources

1. NIFTEM-K project profile — Soya Chaap Unit (PMFME model DPR) (2022)

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