Project report for Flour mill

Flour Mills are among the most traditional units. Taking into consideration the local needs and market requirements, flour mills can be established at different levels -domestic flour mills, commercial flour mills, bakery/mini flour mills, and roller flour mills. The most useful out of these flour mills is the flour mill on commercial levels because not only can these be established at a lower cost but is versatile as well -since flour can be obtained from it for commercial purposes and it can also take up job work. Obtaining flour from a flour mill is a traditional process as well as an old one. 

Usually, the consumers bring with them wheat or maize after grinding, the owner charges at a definite rate either in terms of money or a part of ground wheat (the rate is usually decided on a per kg basis). Most flour mills are involved in such practices only. There are 812 roller flour mills in our country producing approximately 25 million tonnes,   of milled cereal products worth Rs. 1200 crores. Flour Mills can be installed with a minimum capacity of 30 TPD of raw material crushing capacity per day to a maximum of 1000 TPD. The capacity suggested in this report is for a mini flour mill i.e. 30 tonnes of raw material crushing capacity per day. As per the CII Mckinsey survey, it is estimated that by 2020 the market for branded Atta has grown to Rs. 18000 crore.

The unit grinds the following :

a) Grains such as Wheat, Rice,Ragi etc

b) Corriander

c) Masala

d) Chilli

e)Turmeric

Whole wheat flour is used in making Chapaties, Puries, Parotha, and other roasted cereal-based products. Wheat flour or Maida is a basic raw material for making Bread, Biscuits Cakes, and other bakery products.   Sooji / Rava is used in many sweetmeat products. Bran separated on milling is used as cattle feed. The products sold under brand names are very few. The concept of branded cereal flour products is now increasing. The big giants like Hindustan Lever, NEPC Agro, Nirma, etc. have jumped into this lucrative industry.