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How to start a Tomato Powdered Production Business in Nigeria
Every year, a significant portion of tomatoes produced is wasted
due to oversupply, inadequate preservation, and poor
transportation infrastructure. This leads to substantial
financial losses for farmers. Additionally, during periods of
low supply, consumers often rely on expensive, imported tomato
concentrates that are processed with less organic methods.
In Nigeria, tomatoes are grown in large and commercial scales in
the North but consumed equally across the length and breadth of
the entire country. Tomatoes are either used fresh or processed
into paste, puree, ketchup and powder. Unfortunately, they are
not only seasonal but highly perishable and deteriorate few days
after harvest, which dampens the farmer's spirit to farming as
he is forced to sell off produce at a loss to avert imminent
total wastage. Canning of tomato paste has helped to curb this
huge wastage, but the capital intensive nature of the industry
had resulted into only a small percentage of the produce being
absorbed by this industry. Dried tomatoes by direct drying in
the sun are more durable but the end product is infested with
dirt
1. Buy your fresh tomato
2. Wash your tomatoes
3. Slice your tomato
4. Sundry your sliced tomato in a neat place. Get food grade
materials to use in the drying
5. Get a net to cover your tomato while been dried under the sun
so flies won’t perch on them
6. Once your tomato is dried
7. Take your dried tomato to a mill to process for you
8. They will grind
9. Tomato powder is ready
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Now packaging
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Canning of tomato paste have helped in curbing wastage in tomato
farming especially during the season, but the capital intensive
nature of the industry, the alteration in the taste of the
product canned (as additives are added to aid in preservation)
and the bulky nature of the paste product as well as poor
durability has all contributed to limiting the establishment of
canning industries in Nigeria. As a result only a small
percentage of the produce is absorbed by this industry.
Dried tomatoes though more durable and without any need for
additives are currently produced by direct drying in the sun and
in the open.
With the introduction of electrical solar driven drying system,
Electrical powered dryer such as cabinet dryer, flash dryer,
spray dryer, which can dry a tone of tomato in an hour, powder
tomato has become an Agribusiness to venture with good return on
investment and the season is now.
This is the solution to post harvest challenges faced in the
tomatoes value CHAINS.
Machinaries For Powder Tomato Production
Washing Machine for washing the tomato’s to be clean.
The dicing size can be 3mm/5mm/7mm/10mm/15mm adjustable.
Dehydration Table: After cutting tomatoes into small pieces you
spread it on the dehydrating table so that about 40% to 60% of
the water content will be drained before drying.
Drying Machine :most preferable is cabinet dryer which will be
used to dry sliced tomato’s to a zero moisture content level
before grinding to powdered form.
The grinding crushing dried tomatoes into powdered form before
packaging it.
Packaging can be done with either into a plastic container or
sachet but you have to verify the cost of the packaging material
to know which is relatively cheaper.
All the mentioned machines can be Imported or fabricated in
Nigeria.
Requirements
• Raw Material: Tomatoes which is seasonal
• Machineries
• Factory location must be close to raw material
• Company registration
• NAFDAC and other agencies registration
The return on investment is high because raw materials is
seasonal and in season you will have more than enough to process
out of season you will be smiling to bank.
Having your processing plant close to farms is key to
availability and cheapness of raw materials for optimal profits.
NOTE: These machinery can be powered with solar and has the
capacity to dry a tone of tomatoes or other Agric produce in a
hour.
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