Cranberries in powdered sugar industrial. Production of confectionery products - “Berry in powdered sugar. How much money do you need to start a business

If there is no idea for your business and free funds, you can take up the confectionery industry at a relatively low cost. How do people mainly use cranberries? They make fruit drinks, they just eat cranberries crushed with sugar, they make fillings from it in pies. Like and all application.

And you can set up the production of sweets - "cranberries in sugar." This is a very tasty and vitamin product, much better than candies with dyes and preservatives.

To organize a business, of course, you will need a room that can be rented. It would be better if it is already adapted not only for small production, but also for storage food products. We need a workshop for washing berries and sorting them. At the sorting stage, spoiled berries are discarded. In the production workshop, the berries are moistened with a starch solution, and then in a coating pan they are rolled in powdered sugar or sugar. After drying, the berries are packaged and sent to the room for finished products, from where they are transported to retail outlets.

This healthy product has recently been in good demand among the population, as people are beginning to understand that healthy food without chemical fillers is much better, so such a product is sold out quite well. Especially in winter time, during the period of colds. Considering that the production of sweets "Cranberry in Sugar" does not require any preservatives or dyes, additional expenses food chemistry is not needed.

In order to save on cranberry suppliers, you can connect your family to its collection. After all, cranberries are in demand at all times. Some pickers of cranberries pick up one and a half tons in one season alone.

Instead of cranberries, you can also “turn” other berries into sweets in the same way: lingonberries, blackberries, blueberries. You can also buy garden berries from summer residents: irga, currants, strawberries, gooseberries and other berries. And later, when production is already established, you can expand and produce marshmallows and other sweets.

In the Tikhvinsky district, the production of cranberries in sugar, which was previously brought from other regions, began to work. It will be sold to tourists as a "Russian hotel".

Mikhail Belonogov (IP Belonogov) before the New Year launched the production of cranberries in powdered sugar in the Tikhvinsky district of the Leningrad region.

Mushrooms-berries

For this he rented two equipped workshops of 70 m2 each, as well as a warehouse and a refrigeration room. The shops were already working - they made mashed berries with sugar (cranberries, lingonberries and blueberries). But the equipment (such production requires a conveyor, a break-in drum, etc.), as it turned out after the release of trial batches, needs to be updated.

Spend on repairs the entrepreneur expects the purchase of new machines to be approximately 1.5 million rubles. In addition, by February, he plans to release packaging for cranberries with the Russkiye Gostintsy brand and introduce New Product at an exhibition in Moscow. And then gradually expand the range by adding to it different types pureed berries with sugar, juices, etc.

Currently working in production 12 employees.

"Earlier cranberries in sugar powder was produced in St. Petersburg, but in recent years there were no manufacturers left, - says Mikhail Belonogov, - It was also brought from other regions of the Russian Federation. And before the imposition of sanctions - including from Estonia. "The main business of the entrepreneur is the collection and resale of raw mushrooms, berries, etc. in the Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, Arkhangelsk regions. Berries are now harvested there for new production. "Until now, we have sold products mainly at fairs, exhibitions and through shops selling vegetables and fruits," says Mikhail Belonogov. Sweets own production the entrepreneur expects to offer mainly to tourists.

Without prejudice

Purchase price for 1 kg of cranberries is about 5-6 times lower than the price of 1 kg of cranberries in sugar. The profitability of a business, taking into account costs, can be up to 20-25%. The volume of the market for sugary confectionery products (candy, caramel and other sweets not made from flour) is estimated at about 14-15 billion rubles. At the same time, there are not many manufacturers in St. Petersburg: according to all-market.INFO, their share in the domestic production of sweets and dried fruits is less than 4%. Most of the confectionery lines are concentrated in the Central region. Experts doubt that the new production will significantly affect the market, but they are sure that it is quite possible to find an audience for such a product.

Usage: for the production of cranberries in powdered sugar. Essence: the line contains a site for the primary processing of cranberries, including a vacuum pump, communicated through a pipeline on which a valve is installed, with a vacuum collector, which is connected via a pipeline equipped with a valve, with a container for the original product. The drain valve of the vacuum collector is located above the washing and sorting drum. The cranberry secondary processing section includes an inspection conveyor, a conveyor for powdered sugar, tinting and breaking drums, a standing conveyor, a vibrating conveyor, a breaking table and a conveyor for the final curing of cranberries in powdered sugar, above which infrared radiation sources are installed. Sources of infrared radiation are installed in a chamber connected with the suction pipe of the fan, the discharge pipe of which is in communication with a chamber for blowing cranberries, installed behind the sources of infrared radiation. 1 ill.

The invention relates to the confectionery industry and can be used for the production of cranberries in powdered sugar. Known mechanized production line for the production of cranberries in powdered sugar ("Reference confectioner", from the "Food industry", Moscow, 1970, part II, pp. 565-570), selected as a prototype. The line includes the following machines and mechanisms. The barrel dumper is designed to lift previously opened barrels and unload cranberries from them onto a vibrating tray. A tray and a drain hose for water drainage are fixed under the vibrating tray. Noriya is intended for supplying cranberries from a vibrating tray to a washing and sorting machine. During the sorting process, cranberries are smaller than the standard size, and the crumpled ones fall from the machine drum onto a pallet, from which they are taken to the waste collector. The cranberries that meet the standard remain inside the drum, above which a shower device for washing the cranberries is installed. From the drum, the cranberries enter the vibrating tray, designed for the final washing of sorted cranberries. Cranberries are fed by an intermediate conveyor into the receiving funnel of the inspection conveyor, which serves to control the sorted cranberries. Underneath the inspection conveyor is the powdered sugar conveyor, which is much longer than it is. At the beginning of the powdered sugar conveyor, which protrudes in front of the inspection conveyor, there is a powdered sugar hopper equipped with a vibrator to prevent the powder from caking. The powdered sugar conveyor also passes under the tinting drum following the inspection conveyor and enters into the turning drum. In the tinting drum, cranberries are evenly covered with a thin layer of starch paste and from the drum fall onto a layer of powdered sugar located on a moving conveyor. The running drum is designed to open cranberries moistened with starch paste with powdered sugar. The cranberries are unloaded from the running drum onto the standing conveyor, from which it enters the tray of the vibrating sifter to screen out excess powdered sugar. Then the cranberries are fed to the rolling table, on which they are given a spherical shape. Cranberries go from the running table to the conveyor for final curing or to trays for packaging. In the well-known line, cranberry feeders into production, i.e. in the washing and sorting drum, are a barrel tipper, a vibrating tray cranberries are unloaded from the barrels, which rise up with the help of a barrel tipper and tilt at an angle of 60 o . With such an unloading, the bulk of the water is first poured out of the barrel, and with this flow only a small part of the cranberries gets onto the vibrating tray. The main mass of cranberries remaining in the barrel is then washed out of it. All this leads to damage to a large amount of cranberries, as the berries, falling from a barrel from a height, hit the vibrating tray, which causes them to spoil. As a result, at the very beginning technological process a large percentage of the original product is lost, since crumpled and damaged cranberries are not suitable for further use in production. In addition, for the final drying of cranberries in powdered sugar at the end of the technological process, blowing it with warm air is used, which takes a lot of time. The present invention is based on the task of creating a line for the production of cranberries in powdered sugar, which allows to reduce the loss of the original product and automate the thermal processes of drying cranberries at the last stage of the technological process. The problem is solved by the fact that in the line for the production of cranberries in powdered sugar, containing a section for primary processing of cranberries, including a group of mechanisms for supplying cranberries to production, a washing and sorting drum, and a section for secondary processing of cranberries, which includes an inspection conveyor to control sorted cranberries , powdered sugar conveyor, tinting drum for coating cranberries with a layer of starch paste, rolling drum for coating cranberries with powdered sugar, curing conveyor, vibrating conveyor for screening out excess powdered sugar, grinding table for giving cranberries a spherical shape and conveyor for final curing of cranberries in powdered sugar, according to the invention, the group of mechanisms for supplying cranberries to production includes a vacuum pump communicated through a pipeline on which a valve is installed with a vacuum collector, which is connected via a pipeline equipped with a valve to a container for the original product and a drain valve of which located above the washing and sorting drum, and the section for the secondary processing of cranberries is additionally equipped with sources of infrared radiation placed above the initial section of the conveyor for the final curing of cranberries in powdered sugar and installed in a chamber connected with the suction pipe of the fan, the discharge pipe of which is connected with the chamber for blowing cranberries in powdered sugar, installed behind sources of infrared radiation. In the proposed line, cranberries are fed into the washing and sorting drum from a vacuum collector, in which a vacuum is created by means of a vacuum pump. In the flow of water, cranberries are sucked from the barrel into a vacuum collector, and from there, together with water, they are sent to the drum. With such transportation of cranberries, losses are significantly reduced due to the elimination of its damage. The use of infrared radiation during drying of cranberries in the process of final maturation leads to the rapid formation of a crust on the surface of the powdered sugar. In addition, the irradiation of cranberries with infrared rays during the continuous selection of heated air, which enters the first chamber due to suction into the end channels and the supply of heated air by a fan to another chamber for blowing the surface of the powder, makes it possible to dry in production line on the conveyor belt. The drawing schematically shows a line for the production of cranberries in powdered sugar. The line for the production of cranberries in powdered sugar contains a container for the original product, for example, a barrel 1 with cranberries filled with water, a vacuum collector 2 connected to the barrel 1 through a pipeline 3, on which a valve 4 is installed. pump 5 through pipeline 6, on which a tap 7 is installed. Under the drain tap 8 of the vacuum collector 2, a washing and sorting drum 9 is installed, under which a vibrating conveyor 10 for cranberry waste is placed. Behind the washing and sorting drum 9 there are a vibroconveyor 11 and a bucket elevator 12 for supplying cranberries to the secondary processing area. In this section, an inspection conveyor 13 with a tray 14, tinting and running drums 15 and 16, respectively, are installed one after another. Under the inspection conveyor 13 and the tinting drum 15 passes the conveyor 17 for powdered sugar, above the initial section of which, in front of the inspection conveyor 13, a hopper 18 is installed. of powdered sugar enters the rolling drum 16, behind which are installed in series one after the other the stand-up conveyor 21 and the vibrating conveyor 22 with the hopper 23 for excess powdered sugar. Above the inspection conveyor 13 there is a pump 24 for supplying starch paste. Behind the vibrotransporter 22 there is a running table 25, above which there are devices 26 for adding powdered sugar. The running table 25 is followed by a conveyor 27 for the final curing of cranberries in powdered sugar, above which sources 28 of infrared radiation, such as quartz emitters, are installed. The sources 28 are placed in the chamber 29, which is connected with the suction pipe of the fan 30, the discharge pipe of which is connected with the chamber 31 for blowing cranberries with heated air, through which the conveyor 27 also passes. Behind the conveyor 27 there is an automatic 32 packaging of the finished product into boxes. The work of the proposed line for the production of cranberries in powdered sugar is carried out as follows. Cranberries in barrel 1 or in some other container are fed to the primary processing area, filled with water 5-12 hours before the start production process . The vacuum pump 5 is turned on, the valve 7 is opened on the pipeline 6, which communicates the vacuum pump 5 with the vacuum collector 2. After creating a vacuum in the vacuum collector 2, the cranberries from the barrel 1, together with water, are sucked into it through the pipeline 3 after opening the valve 4. After filling the vacuum collector 2 with cranberries with water, the vacuum pump 5 is turned off, while the vacuum collector 2 remains connected to the atmosphere through the pipeline 3. The valve 8 opens and the cranberries from the vacuum collector 2 are fed into the washing and sorting drum 9, which is switched on with simultaneous start-up of water supplied into the inside of the drum 9 through the irrigation tube. When cranberries rotate in drum 9 and washed with water, the berries are sorted. Cranberries remain inside the drum 9, suitable for use in production according to the standard. Crumpled and small (less than 8 mm in diameter) cranberries are dumped onto the 10 vibrating conveyor for waste and then into a barrel or other container. Cranberries of the required size (at least 8 mm in diameter), well washed, enter the 11 vibrating conveyor, where they are dried by blowing air from above. Residual water is removed through the holes made in the vibroconveyor belt 11. Noriya 12 is designed to supply cranberries to the site of its secondary processing, which includes an inspection conveyor 13, which controls sorted cranberries, rejects low-quality cranberries, removes stalks, etc. When passing through the tray 14 to the tinting drum 15, the cranberries are moistened with starch paste supplied using the 24 pump. In the 15 tinting drum, the cranberries are evenly covered with a thin layer of maize starch glue, the excess of which flows through the holes in the middle of the drum 15. At the exit from the drum 15, the cranberries feeds on a layer of powdered sugar, which is prepared in a micromill 20 and in containers 19 is fed into the hopper 18, from which it enters the moving conveyor 17. From the conveyor 17, the cranberries, together with the powder, enter the 16 rolling drum, in which the cranberries moistened with starch paste are rolled into powdered sugar. From the 16 drum, the cranberries are loaded onto the 21 stand-up conveyor, where, for a certain time, the powder is fixed on the cranberries by drying by absorbing the moisture of the paste into the powder and gluing it to the surface of the cranberries. From the 21 curing conveyor, the cranberries with powder enter the 22 vibrating conveyor, which performs: a) the separation of the cranberries with the powder fixed on it from the excess powder and the supply of the cranberries to the 25 rolling table; b) sieving the excess powder on the second finer sieve, where the powder lumps are separated from the fine phase, which is collected in the 23 container and then mixed into the fresh powder used on the 25 rolling table. The break-in table 25 rotates in a horizontal plane, and the cranberry, making circular movements on its even and smooth surface, acquires a spherical shape. From above, the cranberries are sprinkled with powder coming from the devices 26. Thus, the cranberries are covered with a dense even layer of powder and, gradually passing along the entire length of the table 25, it descends onto the conveyor 27 of the final maturation. On the conveyor 27, the cranberries rolled in powder first enter the infrared irradiation chamber 29. Focused on the cranberry infrared rays produce heating of the surface layer with a thickness of 2 3 mm with the formation of a crust, while from the chamber 29 the fan 30 is sucked wet air and at the same time continuous suction is carried out into the chamber 29 of air at room temperature through the end channels between the walls of the chamber 29 and the surface of the conveyor belt. This air cools the body of the emitters, removes moisture from the surface of the cranberry and removes thermal loads from it. The strength of the radiation flux, and hence the heating temperature of the product, can be easily controlled by changing the supply voltage of the emitters, i.e. automate thermal drying modes. After irradiation, the cranberries in powdered sugar pass into the chamber 31 for blowing warm air supplied by the fan 30 and normalizing the temperature. The implementation of drying in the production line on the conveyor belt makes it possible to mechanize and automate the final operation of packaging the finished product on the machine 32. This, in turn, reduces a certain amount of manual labor.

Claim

A line for the production of cranberries in powdered sugar, containing a section for the primary processing of cranberries, including a group of mechanisms for supplying cranberries to production, a washing and sorting drum and a section for the secondary processing of cranberries, which includes an inspection conveyor to control sorted cranberries, a conveyor for sugar cranberries, a coloring drum for coating cranberries with powdered sugar, a proofing conveyor, a vibrating conveyor for screening out excess powdered sugar, a running table for giving cranberries a spherical shape and a conveyor for the final curing of cranberries in powdered sugar, characterized in that the group of cranberry supply mechanisms for production includes a vacuum pump, communicated through a pipeline on which a valve is installed, with a vacuum collector, which is connected via a pipeline equipped with a valve, to a container for the original product and a drain valve of which is located above the washing and sorting drum, and the section for the secondary processing of cranberries is additionally equipped with a source infrared radiation cameras placed above the initial section of the conveyor for the final curing of cranberries in powdered sugar and installed in a chamber connected with the suction pipe of the fan, the discharge pipe of which is in communication with the chamber for blowing cranberries in powdered sugar, installed behind the sources of infrared radiation.

INERTIA BREAK-IN TABLE

1. PURPOSE

1.2. The table is made in climatic version UHL 4 GOST 15150

2. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

2.1. Productivity, kg/h 30-50

2.2. Oscillation frequency, Hz 2.5

2.3. Oscillation amplitude, mm 20

2.4. Desktop slope, degree 1-2

2.5. Installed engine:

Power, kW 1.5

Number of revolutions, rpm 1000

2.6. Overall dimensions, mm, no more

Length 2400

Width 850

Height 1000

2.5. Weight, kg, no more than 200

3. COMPLETENESS

3.1. Package Included:

Inertial break-in table - 1 piece

Passport - 1 copy.

4. DEVICE AND PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

4.1. The table consists of the following main parts:

Frame 1pc.

Work table 1pc.

Drive shaft 1 pc.

Intermediate shaft 1 pc.

Engine (not included) 1pc.

Screw support 4 pcs.

Belt drive 1pc.

Bracket 1pc.

4.2. The frame is a welded structure on which all the main parts are fixed.

4.3. The desktop is a tray with bent sides, made of sheet of stainless steel. The table is attached to a frame made of bent channel. A bearing is attached to the frame in a separate housing. Inside the bearing is an axle that can rotate freely. The frame, together with the table, rests on four balls in height-adjustable plates. With the help of springs, the table is fastened to the frame.

4.4. The drive shaft is a shaft rotating in bearings. At one end there is a gear wheel, through which the rotational movement is imparted to the shaft, and at the other end there is a bushing at the end of which there is a hole offset by 10 mm relative to the axis of rotation. The axis of the desktop is inserted into this hole.

4.5. The intermediate shaft is designed to transmit rotation from the engine to the drive shaft and is a shaft rotating in bearings at one end of which there is a gear wheel, and at the other a pulley.

4.6. The screw support is designed to tilt the desktop at a certain angle relative to the horizontal plane.

The belt drive is designed to transmit rotation from the engine to the intermediate table.

The bracket is designed to install a tray for collecting cranberries on it.

4.10. The table works as follows: when the engine is turned on, the drive shaft through the eccentric sleeve informs the table of an annular movement. Springs keep the table from rotating around the axis and press it against the balls. The working table makes circular movements in the horizontal plane. Prepared cranberries and an appropriate amount of powdered sugar are poured onto the table. The table, making circular movements, makes the cranberries roll over the powdered sugar, simultaneously moving it towards the unloading. By changing the angle of the table, you can adjust the time the product is on the table and, accordingly, the thickness of the powdered sugar layer.

For many Belarusians, cranberries in powdered sugar must have been a favorite delicacy in childhood. Today in our country this unique product, which can rightfully be considered one of the national brands, is produced by the only company - ALC PKF Arzhanitsa, located in the city of Glubokoe (Vitebsk region). It employs 26 people, which is quite a lot for the regional center, and the volume of output has already exceeded 60 tons per year. About how medium-sized businesses live today far from big cities and how to make money in nature without harming it, he told director of the company Anatoly Brilenok.

- Why did you decide to start processing wild berries?

We started in the 1980s. from the fact that non-standardized equipment was made for Food Industry. One day the idea came up to resume the production of cranberries in sugar, which once existed in Belarus, but then was lost. Then we decided not just to restore the production cycle, but to launch it on a fundamentally new basis. The result is a technology that is world-class. This confirms the patent we received in 2008.

When we managed to create unique equipment, we thought: “why not keep it for yourself?”. And so the chain began. The local authorities immediately went forward, allocating a production facility. To date, she cannot help the company financially. However, in the event that any bureaucratic issues arise, they are resolved very quickly. I do not remember situations when we were denied such support.

- To raw material quality - recipe for success. How do you control it?

When a berry arrives, we without fail check it for the content of radionuclides and heavy metals. All products, including cranberries, have GOSTs. We ourselves adhere to their requirements and bring these requirements to the pickers: we explain to them what the berry should be, at what stage of maturity, what purity. Then they try to follow those rules. Most of our suppliers are ordinary people who bring 20-30 kg. Their account goes to hundreds, and there are only one or two large intermediaries.

The price per kilogram of cranberries depends on the yield. Usually it ranges from 20 to 30 thousand rubles. This is above the average purchase price in the market. Thanks to this, cranberries are brought to us for 250-300 km. Nevertheless, the main supplies come from the Miory and Sharkovshchina regions, as well as from the Golubichskaya Pushcha. The company processes up to 35 tons of cranberries per year. This is more than half of our total production. In addition, we use raspberries, lingonberries and blueberries for the production of products.

- It is no secret that wild berries are often harvested by so-called harvesters. Do you face a similar problem and how do you solve it?

For the first time, we try to explain to people why it is impossible to do this. If necessary, we connect the district inspection for the protection of animals and flora. Still, this is a last resort. Our people are understanding. It is enough not to take a berry once, so that there is no second one.

- Your company does not use preservatives in its production. This means that you need to keep cranberries practically fresh throughout the year. How does it work?

This problem has long been a sore point for us, as well as for many other enterprises. Do you think that no one in Belarus has tried to produce such products? I know at least four firms, but they all went bankrupt. Last year, we finally managed to successfully solve the storage problem thanks to new system which we have developed ourselves. I won't reveal the details to you. I can only say that the whole thing is in automation, which monitors the mode of storage of berries, and it, in turn, is as close as possible to the conditions that exist in the swamp. Indeed, in natural conditions, cranberries can successfully winter. If it is harvested in the spring, the berry will retain its beneficial features and it will taste even better.

- Has the economic crisis affected your company?

There are, of course, nuances. The terms of payment for delivered products have slightly increased. We have a real crisis only when there is a cranberry crop failure. Last year, which was very dry, it was difficult to harvest enough berries. I had to carry it even from Russia. The main thing is to take cranberries at a certain stage of maturity. This means very short time. When berries are scarce, serious problems can arise. So far they have been successful.

- How do you see the future of the enterprise?

The future is only in development. We need to expand production and accumulate a certain potential in order to take the next step. Now we pay taxes under a simplified scheme. This means that the company's annual turnover should not exceed 9 billion. This limitation is holding us back, because there is an opportunity to produce more products. As soon as the company is ready, it will simply start paying higher taxes. However, this requires investments, because at our own expense we will carry out our plans for several years.

We also plan to expand the range. Literally two weeks ago, we started the production of jelly-fruit marmalade from berries. By autumn, we are going to introduce into the production of jelly based on natural juices. The main sales market is, of course, Belarus. Part of the production is shipped to Russia. Our company is actively looking for opportunities to export to the European Union. Almost all equipment is made according to our own drawings in a single copy. We not only develop and assemble equipment ourselves, but also repair it ourselves. For this, the company has its own workshop. This approach was chosen from the point of view of economic feasibility: we can only invest in development what we earn ourselves. There is no other way yet.

Interviewed by Andrey BORODIN

Photos provided by ODO PKF "Arzhanitsa"