Papad Making Business

              

                              Papad Making Business

Hi Friends, Today I am going to share with you a simple and home-based business idea that is

Papad Making Business idea. It is a simple and easy business and you can start at home only.

Papad is a taste enricher and a snack item. In our Indian meals, papad is a necessary food item, 

At any place, we can see without papad meals is not fulfilled. So, Papad is a food product which

is used by people for taste enhancers while eating meals. In this article, now  I am telling how to

start this business, what are the requirements and what is the machinery and raw materials, how to

market these products.

Market Potential:

It is a special food product using all the class of people whether rich or poor, everybody using this 

food item because it gets at a cheaper rate. In a hotel or restaurant or mess anywhere papad is

a compulsory food item along with main meals so people are consuming this product regularly.

It is an FMCG food product, People are consuming not only in India  all over the world countries

like Pakistan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Oman, Nigeria, Kuwait and so many. And Our Indians' 

made papad is highly demanded in the global market. So, If you want to start this business, you can 

export other countries. So It is a profitable business and high demand in the market.

There are so many types of papads are available in the market. The Most popular varieties of 

papad mentioned below:

1. Urad Papad
2. Moong Papad
3. Masala Papad
4. Rice Papad
5. Palak Papad
6. Methi Papad
7. Garlic Papad
8. Poha Papad
9. Aloo Papad
10. Pudina Papad
11. Sabudana Papad
12. Shrimp Papad

You have to choose some varieties from them, and start your own brand of papad making business.

Before starting this business, you must have the knowledge about the complete details about the

raw materials, machinery, and market strategy, you must gain the details about the most popular and 

regular varieties of the papads which are consumed by the people commonly.

The First Step, Raw Materials:

Mainly pulses are used for making papads and you have to know the recipe of papads and various

types and different flavors added in this making process.

Ingredients used in making papads are given below:

• Salt
• All types of pulses like Urad, Moong, Chana, Etc.
• Spices like cloves, pepper
• Edible oil
• Chilli
• Cumin
• Garlic
• Baking Soda
• Hing
• Papad Khar
• Preservatives

You have to purchase all the raw materials from the wholesale market of Kirana items in bulk. Urad

Dal available in 50Kg bags, you can buy 20 or 30 bags from the suppliers, You have to search for

suppliers' from the Indiamart.com website.

The Second Step, Machinery:

There are so many types of machinery available in the market like Manual machinery, Semi-

automatic and Fully automatic machinery. So, You have to choose the right machinery for your

convenience and according to your production estimations and capital investment. Initially, You

have to start with low investment and at home so you have to choose a small machine with your

capital capacity.

Machinery & Equipment:

• Flour Mixing Machine
• Pressing Machine
• Drying Machine
• Grinding Machine
• Pouch Sealing Machine

This machine is simple and easy to operate. This is working with household power connection, there

is no need for a commercial power connection.

You have to purchase the machinery from Indiamart.com website suppliers or Tradeindia.com 

website suppliers.

The Third Step, Making Process:

The flour is made from pulses or rice or other raw materials which are used for making papad of 

different flavor. This flour is mixed with water and other ingredients like salt, edible oil, baking soda

etc. and stirred well and make dough for making papad. This dough is cutting into small balls with

equal sizes and pressed by the machine into papads as required shape and size which is fixed by

the machine and then they are dried by the drying machine for a certain temperature and some

period of time. Then finally papads are ready to pack.

The Fourth Step, Packaging and Branding:

These Papads are packed into pouches that are printed of your own brand labels. These pouches

are like 100g., 150g.,250g., etc. and These pouches again packed into carton boxes. For packaging,

You need to purchase a small pouch sealing machine. And labor also required to do this work.

Ladies easily start this business at home and women entrepreneurs have some government

subsidy loans and MSME schemes so You can utilize these opportunities.

You have to take some registrations for this business, they are FSSAI registration, GST registration

compulsory, Trademark registration, etc.

You need to print business cards and brochures and distribute them all the stores and houses also

for publicity. You can do some paintings like wall paintings and Kirana outlet paintings or Kirana

outlet boards etc. for promoting your brand products.

Marketing:

You have to Appoint marketing persons to sell your products in all the stores like retail, wholesale 

stores and supermarkets. And also market in hotels, restaurants, messes, canteens, hostels, etc.

Initially, You have to set up your own products outlets at center points of your city and in apartments 

 and gated community residential areas for promoting your brand products. You can also market

door to door by appointing sales girls or salesmen.

You can build a strong distribution network in your city as well as all over the state. You should focus

on institutional market better than general kirana market.

For online sales, You have to create your own company website and promote your site on social

media like Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc. to get online orders. You need to register your company

on Indiamart.com, Amazon.com, Bigbasket.com, Get-grocery.com websites.

If you want to export your products for that you need to register your company on 

Exportersindia.com, Alibaba.com, Exporthub.com, Dial4trade.com, Go4worldbusiness.com Etc.

websites. You can search for buyers from all over the world and deal with them on these websites.

If You want to get a project report of this business, here is links are given below:

http://www.apicol.co.in/images/project%20on%20pappad.pdf

https://www.eiriindia.org/

If you want to purchase machinery from online, here some links are given below:

http://www.papadmakingmachinery.com/

http://www.shankarengcorp.com/

http://www.jasenterprise.com/papad-processing-machines.html#papad_processing_machines

If You want to get a bank loan for your business, here I am giving links:

https://www.lendingkart.com/

https://www.paisabazaar.com/

If you want to get registrations for your business, here I am giving a link:

https://www.indiafilings.com/

If you want to get training about this business then you can approach women entrepreneur organizations

Here I am giving that organizations contact details and website links:

https://www.aleap.org/

ASSOCIATION OF LADY ENTREPRENEURS OF INDIA
D.No. 8-2-120/86/9/A/30,1st Floor,
Behind LUCID Diagnostics, Road No 2, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: 040-23557439, 8978988004,8886661374.
Tel Fax: 91-040-23554733
E-mail : aleap93@gmail.com

ASSOCIATION OF LADY ENTREPRENEURS OF INDIA
D.No. 8-2-120/86/9/A/30,1st Floor,
Behind LUCID Diagnostics, Road No 2, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: 040-23557439, 8978988004,8886661374.
Tel Fax: 91-040-23554733
E-mail : aleap93@gmail.com

NIRD- National Institute of Rural Development

Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad.

http://nirdpr.org.in/

I think this information is helpful for you, All the best.

Thank you, friends.

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