INSTANT COFFEE

        Instant coffee also known as soluble coffee is the dried water extract of roasted ground coffee.  The product consists of brown colored,  free flowing particles of  uniform  size.   Most commercial  products contain 100% pure “Coffee  soluble  solids”.  Instant coffee was included in the army rations during the  Civil War and has been available in various forms, for a hundred years.  However, it was not until after world war II that instant coffee became a popular consumer item.  Its product quality is to better method,  of  manufacture  as well as trend  towards  the  use  of convenience  foods.   Sale of soluble coffee  have  leveled  off since  1961 but prior to 1961 there was a five fold  growth  over ten years.  However, coffee has been a widely accepted societies beverage  for many.  The habit of drinking coffee spread rapidly across  Europe, especially coffee become known in Vienna.   Later its  culture  spread  thoroughly in  several  countries  in  South America Central America.  West Indies, Ceylon and Western Africa.

2.      RAW MATERIALS
3.      GREEN COFFEE PROCESSING
4.      COMPOSITION OF THE GREEN COFFEE
5.      INSTANT COFFEE MANUFACTURE
6.      PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM FOR INSTANT COEFFEE MANUFACTURE
7.      MARKET SURVEY
8.      MANUFACTURERS OF INSTANT COFFEE
9.      LIST OF MACHINES REQUIRED
10.      ADDRESSES OF RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERS
11.      COMPLETE PLANT SUPPLIERS
12.      SUPPLIERS OF PLANT & MACHINERY

APPENDIX – A :

1.      COST OF PLANT ECONOMICS
2.      LAND & BUILDING
3.      PLANT AND MACHINERY
4.      FIXED CAPITAL INVESTMENT
5.      RAW MATERIAL
6.      SALARY AND WAGES
7.      UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
8.      TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
9.      COST OF PRODUCTION
10.      PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS
11.      BREAK EVEN POINT
12.      RESOURCES OF FINANCE
13.      INTEREST CHART
14.      DEPRECIATION CHART
15.      CASH FLOW STATEMENT
16.      PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET