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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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