§1What this business is

Defatted soya flour is processed by hydrolysis: flour and water are mixed with salt, baking soda, vinegar and preservatives into a smooth paste, passed through filter sieves, held in stainless steel neutralisation tanks for about 2 hours and bottled. Chinese food stalls, restaurants and households buy it. The KVIC profile plans 68 tonnes a year and names Maharashtra (Amravati) as a good location.

Capacity: 68 tonnes of soya sauce a year at full capacity.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

A small food processor supplying street-food vendors and restaurants.

Who it is not for

Someone aiming at the premium brewed-sauce market.

Advantages

  • Small investment (₹6.65 L)
  • Simple tank-based process
  • Indo-Chinese food has made demand widespread
  • Can add other sauces on the same line

Drawbacks

  • Raw material is most of the cost
  • Cheap brands fight on price
  • Quick hydrolysed sauce differs from slow-brewed premium sauce
  • Label and preservative rules must be followed exactly

Skills you need

  • Batch mixing and filtration
  • pH and salt control
  • Bottle hygiene and filling
  • Selling to food stalls and wholesalers

Why difficulty 2/5: Small, simple plant; selling against cheap brands is the challenge.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Chinese food stalls and restaurants
  • Hotels and caterers
  • Households

How it sells

  • Food-service wholesalers
  • Grocery shops
  • Direct supply to restaurants

Good to know

  • Projected sales at full capacity: ₹24.00 lakh a year (profile).
  • The profile notes Amravati district in Maharashtra grows soybean on about 30,000 hectares.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
SS tanks with filter sieves, 100 litres2—
SS collection and neutralisation tanks, 50 litres4—
Bottle washing and filling machine1—
Weighing scales2—
All equipment above, together1 set₹1,55,000

From: KVIC Project Profile — Soya Sauce (PMEGP)

  • Defatted soya flourmain raw material; raw material ₹14,65,000 a year at full capacity (profile)
  • Salt, baking soda, vinegar, preservativesmixed with flour and water
  • Labels and packing material (bottles)₹70,000 a year (profile)

From: KVIC Project Profile — Soya Sauce (PMEGP)

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§5Licences & registration

  1. FSSAI licence or registration (by turnover)
  2. Udyam registration
  3. GST registration
  4. Legal Metrology registration for packaged goods
  5. Trademark for your brand (optional)

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§6Schemes & subsidies

PMFME (35% subsidy up to ₹10 lakh), PMEGP (KVIC model profile), MUDRA (₹6.65 L is within ₹20 lakh) and CGTMSE.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: KVIC profile: work shed ₹1,80,000 + equipment ₹1,55,000 (2 SS tanks with filter sieves of 100 L, 4 SS collection and neutralisation tanks of 50 L, 1 bottle washing and filling machine, 2 weighing scales) = capital ₹3,35,000; working capital ₹3,30,000 → total ₹6,65,000. Land own.

Working capital: Working capital ₹3,30,000; raw material ₹14.65 L a year at full capacity.

Year not printed on the KVIC profile — check current machinery prices.

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§8Export potential

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

2103.10Soya sauce

Export council / board: APEDA

  • Get an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before exporting.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Food-safety and label violations
  • Price war
  • Raw-material price rises
  • Bottle breakage and leakage

§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 sauce making 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 or registration (by turnover), Udyam 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.

§11Who to connect with

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§12Watch

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Sources

  1. KVIC Project Profile — Soya Sauce (PMEGP)

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