Process Protocol and Cost of Production of Functional Fiber-Enriched Pork Loaves
individually on the basis of ingredients used. The detailed
respectively. T3 have higher overhead cost followed by
information related to cost of formulation calculations for
T2, T1 and control it might be due to the difference in
control and inulin incorporated samples are given in Table
the cooking yield and subsequently required number of
4. The cost of formulation for 100.00 Kg control product
packaging pouches than control and other treated products.
is ` 14407.61, whereas for T1 ` 14669.33, ` 14931.05
The production cost of 100 kg pork loaves was calculated
for T2and ` 15192.77 for T3.The variation in the cost of
with the summation of formulation cost and overhead
formulation of pork loaves might be due to the different
production cost of all the products groups presented in
levels of the meat and inulin powder in the control and
Table 9. It was found that cost of production of 100 kg pork
treated samples. Similar results were reported by Verma
loaves control group=16289.08/- (≈ 16289.00). Cost of
et al. (2013) for chicken meat noodles using whole wheat
productionofinulinenrichedporkloavesi.e.forT1,T2and
and rice flour.
T3 were ` 16552.88/100kg (≈ 16552.00),16815.68/100kg
The laborer charges for pork loaves preparation were
(≈ 16815.00) and 17078.88/100 kg (≈ 17078.00),
intended on the basis of five daily paid laborers used for
respectively. Profit from sale was around ` 62.00/kg,
the preparation of products and other related works. So on
62.00.00/kg, 61.00/kg and 59.00/kg from C, T1, T2, T3
the basis of the market laborers rates charges is assumed as
groups, respectively (Table 10).
` 220 per day. Hence the laborer cost for five laborers was
Total project cost was calculated by summation of the
calculated as ` 1100.00 per day. Electric charges for pork
fixed cost and variable cost (Table 11) was calculated as
loaves preparation was calculated on basis of utilization
` 791227.00 for control, T1 ` 797822.00, T2 ` 804392.00
of electricity by various equipment (Table 5) which is
and ` T3 810972.00. The variation in total project cost
estimated as 31.30 KWH per day. The total expenditure
among the groups might be due to the variation in the
was calculated as ` 187.80/day considering the cost of one
variable cost of different groups (Table 12) and it was
unit of electricity is ` 6.0.
highest for T3.
The cost of the all the equipments required during this
Break-even point and cost-benefits ratio was calculated
project are mentioned in the Table 6 and their annual
(Table 12) as ` 1195188.00 for control, 1237525.00
deprecation was calculated as ` 105.21 per day on the basis
forT1, 1282794.00 for T2 and 1331576.00 for T3. The
of 10% annual rate of depreciation. The requirement of the
cost benefits ratio decreased in inulin incorporated sample
equipments is same for all the variants of pork loaves.
and lower in T2 and T3 than control and T1.It might be
The packaging material low-density polyethylene (LDPE)
due to decrease in total profit value in inulin incorporated
for each pack for dispensing of 250 g of the product
sample and increase in total cost of production.
is calculated as ` 0.40/pouch. Therefore, the cost of
packaging of product prepared from 100 kg emulsion is
CONCLUSION
estimated as ` 146.40, ` 149.20, ` 150.00 and ` 151.20 for
The overall cost for the production of 1 kg of pork loaves
control, T1, T2, T3 products, respectively (Table 7).The
was178.08 (≈ 178/-) for control, 177.59 (≈ 178/-) for
variation in the packaging cost is attributed to the cooking
T1, 179.20 (≈ 179/-) for T2 and 180.67 (≈ 181/-) for T3,
yield of different products. Water charges, room rent
respectively. Hence, the cost of production of developed
and miscellaneous charges for developed products were
fiber enriched loaves was higher by only 1.6 than control,
calculated as 25.00, 166.67, 150.00 ` /day, respectively.
which is very normal. It can be affirmatively concluded
These charged are comparable for control and treated pork
from the study that the adaptation of the technology by
loaves.
the entrepreneurs as a liviness proposal can be profitable
The total overhead cost were obtained after addition of
venture and hence has a substantial opportunities for the
laborer charge, electricity charges, depreciation charges,
employment generations.
water charge, room rent, miscellaneous charges and cost
of packaging material presented in Table 8. Thus the total
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
overhead cost for control pork loaves were calculated
The authors acknowledge financial assistance provided
` 1881.08, for T11883.88, T2 1884.68and T3 1885.88,
in the form of Inspire Fellowship (JRF-P) to first author
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