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Fresh dates to dates powder for bakeries

Opportunity Description: Fresh dates to dates powder for bakeries as a low-cost substitute for sugar
PRODUCT: Dates powder to bakeries, dessert shops, juice shops
Sector: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Processing
Market: Bakeries
Initial Investment Required: Less than 150,000
Details Available:
Market Potential: Sold to Bakeries in Luxor/Qena, rest of Upper Egypt and the Red Sea, and in the Delta. Competing products include Simple sugars from cane and beets.
Supply: Fresh dates from farmers in Luxor/Qena, rest of Upper Egypt and the Red Sea, and in the Delta.
Process: Sun drying -> grinding -> sieving
Human Resources: Manual labour – machine operators
Financial: CAPEX is less than 150,000 EGP
OPEX is less than 150,000 EGP
Risk: Marketing of relatively new product
IMPACT: Environmental: Decrease waste by utilization of various date types
Social: Increase return on agriculture dates and reduce stress on
sugar industry