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Second grade dates to fructose for food industry

Opportunity Description: Second grade dates to fructose for food industry as an organic ingredient to replace chemicals in food industry
PRODUCT: Fructose to laboratories, dessert industry, jam
Sector: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Processing
Market: Food processing
Initial Investment Required: Above 500,000 EGP
Details Available:
Market Potential: Sold to Food industry in Upper Egypt, Red Sea and the Delta. Competing products include Other sources of sugar (corn syrup).
Supply: Second grade dates (left overs from fresh market) from farmers in Luxor/Qena, rest of Upper Egypt, Red Sea and Delta
Process: Extraction -> filtration -> clarification -> concentration -> filling
Human Resources: Manual labour – machine operators- chemists/agronomists
Financial: CAPEX is above 500,000 EGP
OPEX is between 150,000 and 500,000 EGP
Risk: Marketing and certification of product
IMPACT: Environmental: Utilization of second grade dates
Social: Increase return on agriculture second grade dates