MAIZE AND ALLIED PRODUCTS

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MAIZE & BY-PRODUCTS PROCESSING PLANT 

Starches /Dextrose Monohydrate / 

Malto Dextrine Powder / Corn Gluten Meal (60%) / Sorbitol.

The processed food industry is mainly unorganized with 75% of the processing units belonging to the unorganized category, the organized category though small, is growing fast. The food production is expected to double in the next 10 years and the consumption of value-added food products is expected to grow at a much faster pace. The share and growth of value-added products is likely to be higher going forward as companies in the processing sector opt for higher margin products on ample supply of raw materials used for starch for food additives.

 

The Indian organized starch industry has an estimated size of around Rs 3,500 crore. The Indian starch Industry is predominantly based on corn, with negligible usage of wheat. Out of more than 1,000 downstream applications of starch, 40 have been commercialized in India. With companies globally focusing on innovations in their product portfolio through R&D, the demand for starch sweeteners and other derivatives has picked up in a number of industries in India as well as in the international markets. During the period 2011-12, the Indian starch industry grew at a CAGR of 21.8%; while starch demand grows at around 5% per annum. 

 

Gujarat with a strong agricultural base, 3.6 million hectares of irrigated land and well developed agro research capabilities is well positioned to drive the growth of food processing industry. Gujarat offers a large number of incentives to set up food processing units. Hassle-free policies such as single window clearance, a strong agricultural marketing network with over 200 Agriculture Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) and over 110 cold storages are some of the enablers that have facilitated the rapid growth of this industry. The state also provides financial incentives by offering interest subsidies to agro-industrial units and air & sea freight subsidies for agro exports.

 

Starches, modified starches and their application find great relevance in the rapidly developing and growing Indian food processing industry. The demand is likely to grow in coming years with already established mega food parks and upcoming projects in India. To tap opportunities in this industry, Anil Ltd has formed SPV for setting up Gujarat’s first mega food park. In the first quarter of 2011-12, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India, allotted the project of establishing mega food park at Savli near Vadodara to this SPV.

 

Starch and Glucose are reserved cargohydrates of plants  and are therefore widely distributed in their crude from. They can be found  in  almost all fruits, vegetables and crons.  There  is  no definite information as to how they were initially obtained . But different countries are known to be using different  agricultural sources  for  production of starch. While Japan and  thr  Europan countries  produce  starch  from  potatoes,  Amerada  from  corn, countries  like  Thailand,  and  Brazil  are  understood  to   be producing  starch  mainly  from tapioca. In the  case  of  India, starch is being produced form Maze as well as tapioca. While  the units  producing starch from maize are concentrated in the  large sector,  the units producing starch from tapioca are by ad  large concentrated in the small scale sector.

 

Commercially glucose is produced from starch only and these two products are generally made in the same unit side by side.

 

The  objective  of this article is to discuss  the  present status,  imports, exports and also the future prospects for  both starch as well as liquid glucose.

 

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