Disposal of vegetables and fruits. Processed fruits
Washing vegetables and fruits.
Doing business (business process management)
Expenditure.
Food plant origin is of utmost importance in people's lives. It has been scientifically proven that plant foods provide the human body with such important substances for biochemical processes as carbohydrates, vitamins and macro- and microelements. Also, fruits and vegetables release aromatic and flavoring substances that enhance the taste characteristics of food, which leads to its good absorption.
As a rule, fruits and vegetables have short term fresh storage. Various microbes and enzymes act on them and quickly spoil them. Only dried fruits and vegetables can have a long shelf life. However, during the drying process, the properties of fresh fruits and vegetables change significantly, due to which dried fruit and vegetable products have new properties.
The nutritional value and organoleptic properties change due to significant destruction of the chemical components of the raw materials, as well as the spices and acids used, as well as the formation of new substances. The assortment of dried fruits and vegetables is extensive and is periodically updated through the use of new technologies in the drying process. Now the assortment is increasing due to the percentage increase in dried fruits and vegetables in freeze-drying.
Today, it is becoming more and more profitable for enterprises to process vegetables and fruits; it is becoming a successful business. Let's consider all the advantages of this business.
1. Consumers now increasingly prefer semi-finished and finished products.
2.Is being implemented Government program support for this industry.
3.Production profitability increases due to the expansion of the range of finished products, the use of different packaging, the possibility of processing substandard raw materials, modernization of production lines and improvement of technological processes.
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Shops for processing fruit and vegetable raw materials are divided by specialization:
1. Primary processing, resulting in a product washed and packaged, or ready for further technological stages.
2. Recycling, which includes cleaning, cutting and packaging of individual products and their mixtures in the form of salads.
3. Deep processing, including cooking, freezing, drying, canning.
In the workshops low power, this is up to 500 kg/hour, mainly used separately standing cars, and manual labor is widely used. For workshops of medium power, from 500 to 1000 kg/hour, and high power, this is over 1000 kg/hour, the use of automatic and semi-automatic lines with minimal use of human resources is typical.
Complex processing of vegetables and fruits.
When your workshop is operating in one shift, you need from 12 to 15 people, including the company management, technologist, workshop manager, loaders, storekeeper, head of the finished product sales department, and workers. With this working process, the maximum output of your enterprise will reach 80 tons per month.
Consequently, with such indicators, the workshop’s monthly revenue can reach up to 3 million rubles, and the net profit will be 500 thousand rubles. With an initial investment of 15 million rubles for rent, equipment, fund wages, other expenses, as well as having a sales market and favorable working conditions, the payback period for the workshop is about 2.5 years.
Technologies and equipment for processing fruits and vegetables.
In public catering, in addition to fresh fruits and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetable products are widely used. The most common processing methods include drying, canning high temperatures in hermetically sealed containers, salting and fermentation, pickling, canning with sugar, freezing and a number of other methods.
The first stage in the process of processing fruits and vegetables always involves washing the products.
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Dried products come in the following types. These are potatoes, herbs (celery, parsley, dill), peas, white cabbage, onions, white roots, carrots, chicory, beets, garlic.
For the drying process, only good quality raw materials that meet the requirements of the standard should be used.
Potatoes, beets, carrots, cabbage are blanched until half cooked. This is done so that the products after drying do not require further cooking. Onions, white roots, garlic, spicy herbs are not blanched in order to preserve taste qualities product. The drying process is carried out to a certain humidity of 12 to 14 percent.
The exception is mashed potatoes, which are dried as a thin film to a moisture content of 4 to 6 percent. Dried products must comply with the standard.
Dried potatoes are obtained by drying peeled or cut into cubes, slices or columns of blanched potatoes. Packaged in bulk or in briquettes.
Dried green peas are obtained by drying blanched green peas.
Dried herbs are obtained by drying fresh parsley, dill and celery. Packaged in bulk or in powder form.
Dried white cabbage is obtained by drying chopped blanched cabbage. Packed in bulk or in briquettes.
Dried root vegetables and onions are produced in bulk, as well as in the form of powder in briquettes.
Dried garlic is obtained in the form of chopped cloves or powder.
Dried grapes are raisins. The presence of spoiled and insect-damaged berries, mold, metal impurities and sand is not allowed in raisins. The taste and smell of raisins should correspond to fresh grapes, without unusual tastes and odors.
Fruit and berry powders are obtained from finely crushed apples, apple and grape marc. They have a pleasant smell. The color of fruit and berry powders ranges from light cream to light brown. They have an 8% mass fraction of moisture, sugar of at least 25% for apple powders, and at least 66% for grape powders, and contain 0.1% ash. Fruit and berry powders find their use in baking and confectionery production as raw materials rich in pectin and minerals.
The term “fermentation” is usually applied only to cabbage. They say “pickles” about cucumbers and tomatoes, and the term “pickled” is used for apples. All of the above products are obtained by canning using lactic acid bacteria.
Special conditions are created for the fermentation process. In order for lactic acid bacteria to reach the sugary juice located in the cells of plant raw materials, table salt is added to vegetables in dry form for cabbage, in the form of an 8 percent aqueous solution for cucumbers, causing plasmolysis of the cells and osmotic suction from the raw material juice. In the resulting juice, lactic acid bacteria begin to multiply, fermenting sugar.
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Salt is also necessary for taste and preservation. By chopping vegetables, the cut surface is quickly covered with cell juice, which is good for fermentation. Lactic acid bacteria produce carbon dioxide, lactic and acetic acids, ethyl alcohol. All this suppresses the appearance of unwanted bacteria and the activity of enzymes that make vegetables soft.
Jam, preserves, jams, candied fruits and fruit and berry purees are obtained from fruit and berry raw materials using sugar. These products are in demand by many confectionery shops and catering establishments. Fruit-
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All visual and taste parameters must match those of the original berries and fruits. The color of applesauce according to the standard is from light yellow to cream, the color of apricot and peach puree should be from light yellow to orange. If there is darkening of the upper layers of the puree, and the separation of the hard phase of the puree is no more than 5 mm, then this is acceptable.
For puree, glass containers of three and ten liters are used. Storage temperature from 0 to 20 °C, air humidity not more than 75 percent. To preserve fruit and berry puree, sulfur dioxide, sodium benzoate, or sorbic acid are used.
Jam is made from fresh or sulfated puree. The raw materials for making jam are apricots, quinces, cherries, cherry plums, pears, peaches, dogwoods, plums, apples, and sometimes a mixture of berries and fruits is used. The consistency of the jam should be spreadable or dense.
The color of the jam must match the color of the fruit. To taste, the jam should have a sweet and sour taste, like the fruits from which the jam was made, and the smell of the jam should match the aroma of the fruit. According to the requirements of the standard, sugaring of jam, as well as the presence of foreign impurities, is unacceptable.
As a rule, jam is widely used in the confectionery and baking industries.
Fruit and berry jam is made from apples, plums, pears, peaches, apricots, tangerines and other fruits without stems and seeds. For raw materials, fresh, frozen or sulfated fruits are used. The raw materials are cut into slices or halves, then boiled with sugar to jelly, sometimes adding food pectin or organic acids.
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Vanilla, cardamom, cloves and various spices can be added to the syrup. The taste of the jam should have a sweet or sour-sweet hue, reminiscent of the berries and fruits from which the jam was made. The jam should have soft fruits, but not boiled in any way. According to documentation requirements, the content of hard or overcooked fruits should not exceed 35 percent.
The consistency of the syrup in the jam should have a non-setting state. The syrup may contain a small amount of suspended particles of pulp from fruits and berries, but in general, it should be transparent.
To make candied fruits, fruit and berry raw materials are boiled in sugar or sugar-treacle syrup, glazed or sprinkled with sugar. Candied fruits can be produced from fruits and jam. In this case, the fruits are separated from the syrup, slightly dried at a temperature of 40 to 60 degrees in an hourly interval of 12 to 18 hours, sprinkled with sugar, and dried again to a moisture content of 14 to 17 percent.
Canned fruits and vegetables are divided into vegetable and fruit, that is, fruit and berry.
There are natural, lunch and filling, snack bars, concentrated tomato products, natural juices and marinades. All these types are classified as canned vegetables.
They are divided according to the type of raw material, production method and purpose. For quick preparation of salads, first and second courses, side dishes, natural canned food is used in the form of semi-finished products. In the manufacture of these canned foods, whole, chopped or pureed vegetables of one or two types are used, filled with a 3% solution of table salt, without the use of seasonings and spices.
The finished product has the nutritional value and properties of raw materials, since the vegetables were not subjected to cooking and were sometimes blanched. The raw materials for such canned food are green peas, green beans, sweet corn, beets, cabbage, carrots, asparagus, sweet peppers, pumpkin and others. Vegetable puree is made from sorrel, pepper, spinach.
Canned food made from vegetables fried in vegetable oil or drenched in tomato sauce is called snack food.
The range of such canned food is varied. Here you can find borscht with pickles, vegetable and meat soups, meat cabbage rolls with stew and many more different items. There are also canned dressings used for quick preparation of first courses.
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Tomato puree, tomato paste, as well as tomato sauces belong to the group of concentrated tomato products. Tomato puree is produced by evaporating moisture from tomato mass without skins and seeds. This process takes place in open vats. Tomato paste is obtained in vacuum devices.
From fresh vegetables or fruits with a mixture of acetic acid, salt, sugar and spices, pickled products are obtained. Acetic acid and sealed packaging extend the shelf life of marinades.
from fresh tomatoes, beets, carrots, pickled white cabbage. Tomato juice is made from ripe tomatoes with a dry matter content of more than 4.5 percent.
Carrot juice is rich in carotene. Beet juice is dietary product contains up to 15 percent carbohydrates. Canned fruit and berries are represented by compotes, pastes, fruit and berry purees, sauces, and juices. Compotes are made from fresh fruit and berry raw materials. The prepared raw materials are placed in jars, sugar syrup is added, sealed and sterilized. If the fruit is sour, then use concentrated sugar syrup from 30 to 65%.
There are several types of fruit and berry juices. These are natural, concentrated, blended juices with added sugar. They produce juices with pulp, as well as without pulp. Juices with pulp are usually made from apricots, plums, and tangerines. If juice is produced with the addition of 10 percent sugar, clarified and not clarified, then such juices are not divided into grades.
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In production, they are placed in tin or glass containers of 10 liters, as well as in wooden barrels with liners with a capacity of 100 liters. Clarified juice is a thick transparent liquid with a small sediment of pectin substances or cream of tartar crystals.
Unclarified juice is a viscous, opaque liquid with a natural smell and taste.
Clarified juice completely dissolves in water 2 hours after settling, and unclarified juice dissolves in water after 10 minutes of stirring.
Natural juices are made only from fresh fruits and vegetables. This is the only way to ensure proper quality of the product. The appearance of juices must comply with the standards technical documentation, on the basis of which juice is produced. It is important to strictly adhere to the technology of juice production, to be attentive and strict about the quality of the raw materials used, their processing and storage.
There are several types of fruit and berry juices. These are natural, concentrated, blended juices with added sugar. They produce juices with pulp, as well as without pulp. There is a distinction between clarified juice and non-clarified juice; their production technology differs significantly from each other, this is important.
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Frozen fruits and vegetables retain their biological and nutritional value, smell and taste well.
Typically, production facilities freeze fruit and vegetable products such as green pea, cauliflower, green beans, tomatoes, spinach, sweet corn, greens. Lunch dishes consisting of products brought to readiness are also produced. These dishes are represented by Ukrainian borscht, cabbage soup, rassolnik and other dishes. In production, vegetables must be washed, peeled, sometimes cut and blanched, then placed in containers and frozen from -18 to -25 degrees.
When freezing fruits, whole or cut raw materials are used, which are frozen at -25 degrees. Freezing happens with sugar or sugar syrup in glass containers with a capacity of up to 1 kilogram, the temperature is -33 degrees, and freezing in cardboard boxes is up to 20 kilograms at a temperature of -18 degrees. Products frozen with sugar are used as dessert, and without sugar - in cooking as semi-finished products.
The temperature regime for storing frozen vegetables and fruits, their mixtures is -18 degrees and at 90-95 percent relative humidity air with a shelf life of 9 to 12 months. In public catering and retail, the shelf life of frozen fruits and vegetables is up to 5 days at -12 degrees. Before consumption, fruit and berry products are defrosted under natural conditions. Frozen fruits and vegetables are used in cooking without prior defrosting, placing them immediately in boiling water.
The growth rate of the frozen food market in Russia is growing steadily. Experts estimate that annual growth is 10%, and in the next five years, sales growth will average 8% per year. Now Russian manufacturers have taken a significant share in the domestic market, displacing imported products.
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There is a wide range of frozen products from berries, fruits and vegetables. Let's list the most powerful groups.
1. Vegetable products are represented by tomatoes, pumpkin, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, carrots, onions, potatoes, peas, corn
. Fruit and berry products are represented by apples, apricots, pears, apricots, cherries, peaches, strawberries, raspberries
. Variety of herbs
. Mushrooms
Frozen products are used for preparing home-cooked meals, as well as in catering and cooking.
How to start a mini-business processing fruit and vegetable products?
Significant changes in work will be required in the future. Namely, the ability to extend the shelf life of goods, expand the product line, increase production volume and many other tasks. It will be important to properly build contact with retail to sell your products.
Many problems will arise with raw materials, with their correct and high-quality purchase. Timely concluded agreements with retailers will be of no small importance so that your products are already represented in retail chains during the season.
Doing business (business process management)
The quality of frozen fruits and vegetables determines the success and stability of business in this segment. Only positive product reviews and an intensive advertising program will help you attract new customers. Advertising at the point of sale of the popular “frozen” product is very important.
Properly structured logistics will provide you with half the success in business. And cost optimization, rationalization of production and properly created “freeze” sales will make your business prosper.
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Very important
a) adjustment and determination of goals and prospects for the future;
b) in the process of work, solve all problems at once;
c) develop a budget;
d) constantly increase volumes;
e) approve the necessary documents;
f) correctly build accounting, tax and management accounting;
g) control the business;
h) and other tasks.
Create a successful reputation for yourself - and your customer base will only grow.
Expenditure.
Processing fresh fruits using various canning methods allows you to extend their shelf life, expand the range and ensure year-round consumption. According to the classification accepted in commodity science, many fruit processing products, such as juices, extracts, syrups, sauces, preserves, jams, jams, confitures, jellies, are classified as flavoring and confectionery products and are considered in the appropriate sections. The group of processed fruits studied in the merchandising of fruits and vegetables includes compotes, fruit marinades, salted and soaked products, dried and frozen fruits. Let's focus on two latest types processed fruits: dried products, as the most different from the original raw materials in nutritional value, and quick-frozen, as being as close as possible in terms of quality to fresh fruits.
Dried fruits. They are characterized by increased energy value, which on average is six times higher than this indicator of the feedstock. This is due to the high content of dry substances in dried fruits - on average - 82%; Sugars - 66 and proteins - 5%. However, in terms of biological value, dried fruits are significantly inferior to fresh ones, since a number of vitamins, coloring, phenolic substances and enzymes are destroyed when technological operations drying.
In the structure of production and consumption dried fruits Apricots, plums, grapes, apples, cherries and pears predominate.
Dried apricots Three types are available for sale: whole fruits with seeds (apricot); whole fruits without seeds (kaisa); fruit halves (torn or cut) without seeds (dried apricots). All types of dried apricots are produced without treatment or with treatment with sulfur dioxide, as a result of which microbiological contamination is reduced, enzymes are inactivated and the natural color of ripe fruits is preserved. Unprocessed apricots darken when dried, and the finished dried product acquires a brown color. Dried peaches They are produced only in the form of halves (dried apricots).
Dried plums prepared by drying whole fruits with seeds of different pomological varieties; Prunes are obtained from Hungarian prunes.
Dried grapes Depending on the methods of primary processing and ampelographic varieties, they are divided into the following types:
Kishmish - seedless varieties, dried in the sun without pre-treatment, light-colored berries - bedona, berries dark color- shigani; shadow drying of seedless varieties with light-colored berries without processing produces soyagi, with pre-treatment with alkali and additionally sulfur dioxide - sabza;
light raisins - berries with seeds, light in color, pre-treated with alkali and additionally with sulfur dioxide;
colored raisins - berries with seeds, dark in color, without pre-treatment;
Avlon is a mixture of dried raisin and sultana grapes using different processing methods.
Pre-treatment of grapes with a weak solution (0.5%) of hot alkali is carried out to remove wax deposits from the surface of the berries and speed up drying.
Dried apples come in the following types: dried, peeled, chopped, without seed chamber; dried, unpeeled, chopped without seed chamber; dried, unpeeled, sliced with seed chamber. The raw materials for all these types of dried apples are pre-treated with a solution of sulfurous acid or fumigated with sulfur dioxide to better preserve the natural light color.
They also produce dried apples without the specified treatment, unpeeled with a seed chamber, both sliced and whole (fruits of wild apple trees).
Dried fruit mixtures (compotes) are made from dried fruits according to various recipes. The mixtures include from four to seven types of dried fruits and berries. For example, a dried fruit mixture may consist of the following components: dried apples, prunes, raisins and dried apricots.
Quick-frozen fruits and berries. The taste, color, aroma, chemical composition and vitamin value of fresh raw materials are preserved almost unchanged during this processing.
Fruits can be frozen in cardboard or polymer film containers or in bulk, and then packaged in containers. Fruits packed in containers are frozen in quick-freezers (plate, tunnel, etc.), fruits in bulk are frozen in fluidization freezers. The type of raw materials, packaging, temperature and air speed in the apparatus determine the duration of freezing. The freezing time of fruits in tunnel freezers at temperatures from -18 to -28 ° C ranges from 12 to 24 hours. In plate freezers at a temperature of -30 ° C, the freezing time is reduced to 2 hours. In fluidization devices, in an intense air flow at temperatures from -35 to -50 °C, the duration of freezing fruits and berries is 4-30 minutes.
The following types of fruits and berries can be preserved by quick freezing: whole and sliced pome fruits, whole stone fruits with and without pits or sliced fruits, including grapes in the form of whole or parts of bunches and berries, raspberries, whole blackberries, strawberries with sepals and without them.
Europe is a recognized leader in the number of creative ideas for new businesses. The specifics of life and mentality contribute to the emergence and subsequent implementation of non-standard projects.
They quickly gain widespread adoption and impressive revenues. Startups that are successful in the West may well become profitable businesses – both in Russia and in other countries.
The new products of 2017 discussed below can become a source of inspiration for finding a successful investment of money and effort.
1. Ideal jeans store for men
It’s a rare man who likes to spend hours walking through shopping centers in search of the necessary thing. The problem is with the visual choice of model and suitable size. A real find The Hointer jeans store became for the male representatives.
The simple and functional layout of the product, modern technology and the lack of intrusive service attract men like a magnet. The jeans are not folded in neat piles, but are hung with the front side facing the buyer, each in a single copy.
Using the QR code on the labels, you can easily find out which of the fitting rooms already contains the desired model of the appropriate size. After trying on the jeans you like are taken to the checkout, those that don’t fit are sent to a special hole.
The advantage of such a store is significant savings on square meters and employees.
2. Shopping with delivery to the place of arrival
A relevant service for cities with an airport will be the delivery of groceries after an online order to the place of arrival. Tired passengers will be grateful for the opportunity to go home without queuing at supermarkets. The idea was implemented by the Woolworths chain of stores in Melbourne (Australia).
3. Products without packaging
The Bulk Barn company offers loose, and most importantly, cheap goods: cereals, nuts, teas, pastries, dried fruits and much more in large vending machines with transparent walls. The lack of packaging greatly affects the price. Since its inception, the company has expanded to 200 branches and increased its product line to 4,000 items.
4. Weight controlled restaurant
The fashion trend for a beautiful, athletic body has made the idea of opening a restaurant where you can calculate your dinner based on the number of calories truly “golden.” This service is successfully offered by the Hitzberger restaurant (Switzerland).
5. A restaurant with the opportunity to earn money for visitors
The Logbar bar in Japan gives its visitors the opportunity to create their own cocktail recipe on the iPad.
The bartender will mix the ingredients, and the visitor will enjoy the taste of his invention. You can give the drink a name and save it in the bar map.
If another visitor chooses the invented cocktail, the author will be credited 50 yen for each new order.
6. Cafe for cyclists
A healthy lifestyle and the desire to help the environment increase the number of bicycles in cities every year. People began to often switch from cars to two-wheeled vehicles, while the infrastructure of cities is well developed for the former, but neglects the latter.
In Zurich, cafes where you can have a snack without getting out of the saddle are very popular. There are special tables for parking, where meals are taken. Convenience and accessibility attract not only bicycle riders, but also motorists and pedestrians.
7. Automated bike rental
As with the bike café idea, the offering is influenced by modern lifestyles. For those who do not have the opportunity to buy a bicycle, instead of taxis and public transport, rental services will be in demand.
The delivery points are automated and brought to perfection. Anyone can take a vehicle in a few seconds, pay for it in cash or by card, and rent it out for a similar rental without bothering themselves with the journey back.
8. Free gym
Expensive memberships become a barrier for everyone who wants to visit the gym. What are the benefits of opening a free gym? A huge flow of customers and the opportunity to receive large incomes from the sale of related products and advertising space.
9. Pizza in a cone
Pizza in its usual form is a costly food in terms of production time and inconvenient as an “on-the-go” snack. The Italians came up with a way out of the situation.
The dough is made in advance and rolled into a cone, which, when ordered, is filled with filling and finished in the oven.
Compact in size, convenient for a quick snack, crispy and endlessly tasty, PizzaCono is gaining popularity in all cities of the world. The idea would be a great startup in a city where it has not yet appeared.
10. Vending machine for tourists
Towels, umbrellas, sunglasses, toothpaste and other things that are irreplaceable on any trip are often forgotten at home. In Germany, they came up with the idea of installing the Berlinomat Design Automat, which supplies travelers with everything they need at train stations and airports.
11. Hotel for children
An excellent solution for parents who have no one to leave their child with during an event or trip.
The hotel is a camp available at any time of the year, where the baby will be looked after by experienced educators, entertained by animators, looked after by doctors and given delicious food by the chef.
Given the busyness of modern parents, the idea has become widespread in the West.
12. Sausages with drawings
An amazing invention for children came from the Feldhues company (Germany). It was proposed to make sausage in such a way that when cut, you get pieces with pictures: bear cubs, hares, dolphins and other cute pictures.
Over time, a range for adults and a service for making individual designs appeared.
The result of a successful business proposal was the expansion of a small store to three plants with a wide range of products.
13. Tours for tourists with impaired vision
Services for people with disabilities are beginning to be in widespread demand.
In the process of preparing trips for people with low or no vision, groups are recruited, half consisting of tourists with good vision, who help the first to enjoy the trip and experience the beauty of the surrounding places.
14. Vending to relieve stress
The European fashion for psychotherapists, trainings and other things that help restore emotional health has moved to a new level.
A business idea in the form of placing machines on the street to release negative emotions began to gain popularity. For example, the machine will dispense dishes that can and should be broken. Then special officer Everything will be cleaned up neatly and quickly.
The service is in demand among young people and teenagers who burn off energy and have fun with the help of power.
15. Shop with food kits based on recipes
The idea is suitable for both gourmets and busy people who don’t want to search for a long time. necessary products on store shelves. An example of successful implementation was the Kochhaus chain of stores.
All goods inside are on separate tables, on which photos of dishes with descriptions are located and the necessary ingredients are selected in the right proportion.
Perishable foods are placed in refrigerators next to tables.
16. Printing short messages
Important, valuable information for many remains forever in our computers and smartphones. Tx Company.
to offered a unique opportunity to print and save all valuable correspondence as a keepsake.
The service makes it possible to archive correspondence from any messenger (viber, whatssapp, and others).
17. Barzahlen service for online stores
For those who don't accept credit cards and is not friendly with Internet banking, a system has been developed that allows you to print a receipt with a barcode when purchasing online and pay for it at any convenient store (which is a partner of Barzahlen) at the checkout, after which the seller of the online store will immediately send the goods.
18. Narrow professional consultation
The idea of Michael Franke, an insurer from Germany, became a successful satrap. The entrepreneur helps his colleagues understand the nuances of insurance offers, identify pitfalls, compiles and publishes company ratings.
19. Pay for travel with a smartphone
Every second European from developed countries Phones have an application installed that allows you to pay for travel directly on your phone. The idea is suitable for proactive entrepreneurs who are able to take on complex organizational issues.
20. Smart technologies
The Babolat Play company (France) proposed a tennis racket that can monitor the game online and analyze its indicators, which makes it possible to adjust the tennis player’s game in time. The idea is also relevant for other areas of life. The introduction of such technologies makes people's lives easier and raises the level.
21. Window rental service for advertising
After the assessment, company managers send advertising perforated stickers that transmit light well and do not affect the interior lighting of the premises.
Monthly payment to landlords is 150 euros.
22. Mobile hotel
Whitbread's Scandic To Go hotel stays wherever the guest wishes. Fields, meadows, roadside areas: any place accessible for a trailer.
The service is becoming increasingly in demand due to the growing desire among tourists for a secluded holiday in comfort.
For a night spent in a mobile hotel, you will have to pay $328.
23. -hotel
A hotel called “SolWave” offers sociable tourists a vacation with Twitter services.
Guests can chat in a general chat, make acquaintances, participate in competitions and sweepstakes, and talk in private rooms for four.
To order drinks, just leave a message with the hashtag #FillMyFridge. With the popularity of social networks current idea in any country.
24. Renting identical cars
The Silvercar company can be considered a successful startup that gained rapid popularity and good income. The peculiarity is that the company rents out cars of only one make and model – AudiA4.
Customers do not have to get used to new cars every time, and it is profitable for the company to serve similar models.
All the necessary data on city navigation is integrated into the car control panel, and you can order a car from your smartphone through the application.
25. Chocolate construction set
The idea was realized in France by designer Elsa Lambina. The buyer is offered a choice of milk, white and dark chocolate in the form of squares, into which a chocolate bar is usually divided.
You can choose any filling and insert it yourself into special holes. There are recesses at the top for decorative elements.
Such homemade chocolate is in unprecedented demand as gifts for dear people.
26. Coworking center
Free space for communication or work. A modern alternative to cafes, restaurants, libraries and other places where it is customary to spend free time. Payment occurs only for hours spent inside such a center.
27. Hotel for flowers
For travelers going on a long journey, those who are planning to make repairs or have other reasons to leave flowers without care for a long time, the idea of a plant hotel has appeared and has successfully shown itself.
28. Virtual presence
Live VR is a project that, using virtual reality, allows fans to “be present” at the stadium where their favorite team is playing in real time.
29. Scented varnish coatings
Nail polishes usually have a strong, unpleasant odor. A solution to the problem, which made fashionistas very happy, was proposed by Revlon. The brand has released a series of Parfumerie coatings. The entire line has pleasant, delicate scents that last for 3 days.
30. Willcall
An online service that notifies smartphone owners about upcoming concerts and events. Through the application, you can buy drinks, alcohol, snacks in real time and, bypassing the line at the checkout, pick up the goods at the pick-up point at the event.
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New business ideas from Europe
Wise businessmen with extensive experience and understanding of the essence of the laws of market development advise not to start your business journey in areas with high competition. They recommend looking for innovative products and services and occupying empty niches in which only a few currently operate.
It is not necessary to enter the market with your own start-up. You can use new ideas that have begun to be implemented in the USA or European countries. Many of them are already successful and in demand abroad, but are not yet available to Russian consumers.
Processing of fruits and vegetables that have lost their marketable appearance
The relative abundance and marketing policies of grocery stores provide customers with the opportunity to choose vegetables and fruits.
This picture looks especially vivid in supermarkets, where customers line up in long lines and examine each apple or orange for a long time, trying to buy the most beautiful and ripe fruits.
The remaining products are quite suitable for consumption, but have an unsightly appearance. The shelf life of food, especially fresh food, is short. The supermarket management will have to throw away the leftovers.
But this resource can be used wisely and launch a line for processing illiquid stock and producing various food products from it: juices, jams and purees, fruit and vegetable salads, soups and cereals.
We are not talking about rotten vegetables and fruits, but about those that have simply lost marketable condition. Enter into an agreement with the management of several supermarkets and buy raw materials from them at a low price.
Finished products can be sold in the same supermarkets.
Ecotourism
This is a very fashionable and promising direction.
Relaxing in the outback, living in a rural house or in a tent, hiking along picturesque and non-trivial routes attract wealthy residents of megacities who are tired of the bustle of the city.
Eco-tourism is an excellent alternative to boring luxury resorts and idle lounging on the beach. Organizing such tours requires minimal costs and is not particularly difficult, but brings high profits.
Eco-tourists don't wait comfortable conditions, they are looking for new, sometimes thrilling sensations, they want to test their endurance and get closer to nature at least for a little while. But it is still necessary to ensure the safety of customers.
Selling a liquid that repels water
A profitable business can be created by selling innovative products. One of them is Ultra Ever Dry. This is a revolutionary substance that has the ability to repel any liquid.
The surface treated with Ultra Ever Dry does not get wet or become contaminated with liquid concrete mixtures, oils, or liquid dirt. This product can be used at home, in construction and repair work, and in production.
The advantage of selling innovative products is favorable terms of cooperation from manufacturers and the opportunity to occupy a free niche.
Outsourced call center
More and more companies working in the field of sales and service feel the need to maintain constant communication with customers.
Most effective method, which allows you to inform about new offers, conduct surveys and provide a full-fledged service - telephone communication.
Only very large and successful companies have the opportunity to create and maintain the work of their own call center at the proper level. Most enter into contracts with companies that provide this service on an outsourcing basis.
To create such a center, you need premises, computer equipment, a single number, multi-channel communication with free incoming calls and special software. This service is extremely in demand.
Exclusive fragrances for every company
Researchers have long known about a person’s ability to perceive various odors on a subconscious level and remember them. Until recently, active work with the olfactory organs was carried out in the cosmetology and food industries.
But now a new, very interesting direction is developing in the USA and European countries. For each company, a unique scent is created, which is sprayed in all offices and points that work with clients.
It turned out that this is a very powerful marketing technique - it endears visitors and allows them to remember each company by its smell.
In Russia, this direction is at the stage of development. There is no competition. A business that will create exclusive scents for customers and offer services in the form of installing atomizers and fillers with aromatic substances is doomed to great success and high profits.
Sale of door handles with disinfecting effect
Public institutions and transport, medical institutions, outlets and banks are visited by a lot of people throughout the day.
What accumulates on door handles and handrails in the buildings of these establishments great amount microbes, many of which are quite dangerous, are known to everyone.
The English company Altitude Medical has proposed a chic and effective way to combat infection - innovative Pullclean door handles. A dispenser with a disinfectant is installed inside these products.
Everyone who touches this handle and opens the door receives a small portion of the substance and reliable protection against infectious and bacterial diseases.
The innovative door handle will go on sale at the end of the year. The manufacturer set the cost of each product at $200.
Significant profits await those who begin offering these door handles to their customers, as this innovation has generated enormous interest. This is just the first of a completely new line of products.
Soon new products will begin to appear on the market that will protect people from various viruses. This direction promises very optimistic prospects for entrepreneurs.
Terminals for selling rolls
This idea is a huge success in European countries. Manufacturers of special vending machines for selling drinks, crackers, sweets and chips have proposed a new model. These machines are specialized for selling rolls.
Until this time, the dish could only be ordered in some restaurants and sushi bars. The technology for their preparation is simple, but requires precise adherence to proportions.
A huge increase in demand for rolls has been noticed in all countries. Now the dish can be bought at a regular terminal.
Those who have already purchased special machines talk about significant profits that exceeded the most optimistic forecasts.
If you already work in the terminal service industry or are planning to enter this business, purchasing such a machine will be an excellent investment. The initial cost of the device is 150,000 rubles.
Advertising + weather forecast
Images of girls in outfits change depending on temperature and humidity. If it's raining, the model is wearing a raincoat and holding an umbrella, in hot weather a girl in a light dress; when it got cold, she was wearing a warm coat or fur coat.
This technique has significantly increased sales for clothing stores, but can also be used in the restaurant business.
For example, billboards can display dishes that are suitable for a certain time of day or recommended for consumption in specific weather conditions.
Custom houses
Wide range of offers for mortgage loans, the emergence of new building materials and “smart” technologies have increased the chances of every family acquiring their own home. Cottage communities are growing like mushrooms after rain.
House owners compete with each other in the size and beauty of their cottages, originality of design personal plot, install energy saving systems and other new items that allow you to get maximum comfort at a competitive price.
But many people want to get a unique home. The demand for custom projects is extremely high. If you work in the design and construction industry or are just planning to enter this business, occupy a niche in creating unusual houses.
It’s still vacant here, but the number of people wanting to get unique housing or office space is growing at an incredible pace.
Temporary personal driver
This service was offered by one of European services Taxi. IN big cities many clients order a car every working day in order to take their children to school and get to work.
In the evening the situation repeats itself - you need to call and wait for a taxi for a while to get home and go shopping.
During the working day for many entrepreneurs and office workers traveling to a business meeting or other company matters also involves the need to use transport.
The essence of the new service is the conclusion of an agreement with a taxi service for a certain period of time. The travel schedule and possible changes are discussed in advance.
After this, the client receives a personal taxi, eliminating the need to call a car and wait for its arrival.
At the specified time, a personal driver with a car will be waiting for him at the entrance.
Source: http://businessmens.ru/article/idea/novye-biznes-idei-iz-evropy
New business ideas from abroad
When looking for business ideas that work, aspiring entrepreneurs often turn to the experiences of others. One of the most popular ways to find a business idea is to look at what is happening abroad.
It’s just worth considering that the markets of different countries are still very different from each other.
It is one thing to have developed economies like the USA and Singapore, which are head and shoulders above other countries in terms of development, and quite another to have Iran and Bangladesh, which are developing at a rapid pace, but only follow global trends, and do not set them.
Already today on the Russian market you can find a lot of ideas that have been picked up abroad. They differ only in the degree of borrowing.
You can simply copy someone else’s idea and expect it to “take off” due to the lack of competitors. “Success abroad does not always mean success in Russia.
Couponers and some sharing services were so unlucky,” says Mark Kapchits, founder of the courier delivery management service Bringo.
This once again demonstrates that even the most fashionable and creative foreign idea may not be in demand in Russia. But the whole point is that it is simply not interesting to the local population.
In addition, you need to understand that a Western startup and a Russian startup are two different things, and take into account the specifics of your country: a different level of bureaucracy, state support, legislation and even the mentality of the population.
There is no point in blindly copying a foreign idea. But it still makes sense to be inspired by examples from other countries, and then adapt them to the Russian market. We invite you to familiarize yourself with business ideas from abroad that promise to become especially popular in 2016.
Booking Platforms
We are all somehow familiar with the Airbnb service, which allows you to rent an apartment in another city or country while sitting at your computer at home.
However, when it first appeared in 2008, the service itself was new.
Now this market is actively developing, and analogues of Airbnb are appearing in other industries.
Services like Airbnb, aimed at vacationers and travelers, are already successfully developing the market, but services aimed at business owners and allowing them to rent work space for a short time are just beginning to appear.
At the same time, the workspace refers not only to the usual offices and conference rooms, but also, for example, places for yoga classes.
At the same time, there are many other areas where online booking platforms could be created.
Currently, the most attractive and unoccupied niche in terms of profit is platforms for booking venues for events (birthdays, corporate events, weddings).
Such a service can generate good income if you manage to attract a sufficiently large number of site owners and potential clients to cooperate.
This is proven by the example of the Russian service for booking venues for parties BASH!Today, which in just 7 months of operation carried out transactions worth more than 11 million rubles.
It is worth mentioning right away that the service was not copied from abroad.
The idea for the business was born after deciding to hold a party one Sunday evening.
The desire to gather guests and have a lot of fun ran into one obstacle: the lack of a suitable venue.
In the end, we managed to find it, but during the search process I realized that I was far from the only one who was faced with the problem of lack of a suitable place for holding events.
I didn’t search for similar services in Russia or abroad until last fall. But in our country, until recently, there were no such services.
I can say that the world does not yet have a strong player in this area, such as Airbnb. The niche has not yet been occupied, especially in Russia.
Today the BASH!Today service works only in Moscow, but it is planned to expand it throughout the country in the near future.
However, you still have time to open something similar in your city. Or master a slightly narrower niche, for example, selecting venues for weddings.
Projects with a broad focus only partially cover the theme of wedding events, but a service aimed strictly at places where you can have a wedding can become very popular.
For decades, people have dreamed of a future in which refrigerators would automatically order food that was about to run out.
But for now, most of us, in the old fashioned way, take a piece of paper with a list of groceries with us to the store.
At the same time today for for the most part devices can be monitored one way or another using a smartphone.
But for now we are only skimming the surface: most of us do not go beyond using Fitbit. This is why creating smart products is a great business opportunity.
To make a device “smart,” you often just need to add a sensor and the ability to transmit data via Bluetooth.
And the example of various fitness accessories that allow you to monitor your heartbeat, breathing, and the number of steps taken per day proves that making almost every accessory “smart” is beneficial.
Many people today track their activity and performance using watches, headphones, clothes and shoes
A quick look at the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, which can be used to determine which startups are generating the most interest, shows that many new “smart” devices are about to conquer the market. Among them, for example, a luggage bag Neit with GPS and device tracking capabilities WiFithing, which remotely monitors the heating and lighting in your apartment.
In the near future, there will be an increase in the number of devices that will allow buyers to improve their kitchen without spending a lot of money.
Among such inventions Smarter Mat- a rubberized mat that can be placed in a refrigerator or cabinet, and with its help you can find out which products placed on it are about to run out.
With your permission, this device can even order these products from an online store.
Another similar device - The Fridge Cam- can be built into any refrigerator.
It takes a photo of what's in the refrigerator, along with the date, and sends it to a special app on your smartphone.
And finally, Smarter Detect- a device that responds to signals from your oven, microwave or dishwasher and sends a notification to your smartphone.
Natural and organic cosmetics
Buyers increasingly prefer natural and organic cosmetics. According to the British marketing agency Mintel Natural beauty products are used by 42% of buyers. The British believe that organic products are better for environment.
And besides, today it is more important than ever for customers what exactly is included in their cosmetics.
To see this, just visit the exhibition Organic and Natural London exhibition, featuring natural, organic, ethical (not tested on animals) beauty products from around the world. In February 2016, it attracted 33 thousand visitors.
It is obvious that natural and organic products are a key trend in the development of the beauty industry in the coming years. At the same time, there is a growing number of products that look like they were just made right in the kitchen, but at the same time reflect the latest cosmetic trends.
The easiest way is to start your own home production of natural cosmetics
Many do this, for example, making soap with their own hands and selling it at various markets and specialized stores. But the competition among soap makers is great, and you can only earn so much for one product.
Another interesting and much less expensive way to build an organic business is to create a subscription service for organic cosmetics.
A visitor comes to your website, signs up for a subscription for a certain period of time for a certain fee, and you send him a set of ingredients from which he can make his own cosmetics.
You can work according to this scheme not only with components for homemade masks, but with already finished products foreign and Russian brands that cannot be bought in every store.
For example, it does this Russian service Live Organic Box, whose subscribers receive six boxes per year with organic creams, oils, “household chemicals,” products and even clothes.
The service began operating shortly before 2016, although its creator Tatyana Mikhailenko had the idea much earlier.
Tatyana herself says that the idea was born from a long-time passion for “organic”, and was not spied on by foreign colleagues.
This is probably true, but in the West, similar subscription services for organic cosmetics, for example, Vegan Cuts Beauty Box, have been operating for more than a year. One way or another, in Russia this niche can be said to be empty.
With over 400 million users, Instagram is definitely a force to be reckoned with. Many companies already use this resource to promote their own brand and new products, but it can offer other opportunities for business development.
For example, UK application Takumi, launched last November, connects users with brands to run full-fledged PR campaigns.
With its power, anyone with over 10k followers on Instagram can earn £40 per post. Those with more than 100 thousand subscribers can earn 156 thousand.
pounds per year.
It is worth noting that brands generally prefer to promote their products with the help of bloggers, as this creates more trust among potential buyers. Therefore, services that bring together popular Instagram personalities and advertisers are the future.
The most famous of them is LabelUp, with the help of which bloggers quickly receive tasks to advertise a particular product, and after that they receive payment.
It is worth noting, however, that the service currently operates only as a website and does not have a mobile application.
At the same time, the number of those who access the Internet using a smartphone has exceeded 50 million people in Russia.
If you want to occupy this promising niche, it makes sense to think about a mobile application.
Conventional bars and restaurants no longer satisfy millennials. The audience aged 25 to 34 is looking for more original ways to spend their free time. Today, young people, who most often spend money on entertainment, try to constantly gain some new experience.
You can play on this penchant for novelty by opening an unusual establishment. For example, a bar in which everything from the bar counter to the glasses is made of ice.
Such establishments first appeared in Finland back in the late 80s, and then spread throughout the world.
In Russia, however, ice bars did not take root: several of them opened in Moscow, but were closed.
But Russians liked cafes where they eat in complete darkness.
The first such establishment called DansleNoir? opened in Paris in 2004.
And in 2006, a similar restaurant opened in Moscow. Over time, similar establishments began to open in other Russian cities.
If such extremely unusual establishments do not seem like a good idea to you, you can do it easier and open a cafe with team sports games, for example, ping pong or darts.
Or use modern technologies, as the coffee chain did ITBar, where instead of ordinary tables there are interactive ones.
With the help of such tables, you can familiarize yourself with the menu, check your social network account, and even watch a movie. A total of four such coffee shops have opened in Russia.
If you are thinking about opening your own unusual bar, keep in mind that Russian catering today is going through a rather difficult situation.
Due to the crisis, many establishments had to close. This, on the one hand, is a big disadvantage, because it is quite difficult to develop in a falling market.
On the other hand, the fewer players in the market, the fewer competitors you have.
If you offer clients interesting way spend leisure time and reasonable prices, then you have every chance to successfully implement the idea of your unusual cafe.
Some of the identified trends will be relevant throughout the world, others may remain unclear. On the Russian market you can find a lot of examples of business stories that were successful abroad or, on the contrary, failed.
One way or another, before starting to implement a foreign business idea, you need to check its potential in your region.
Find out whether it will be in demand, whether it will face legal restrictions, and then decide how exactly to adapt it to Russian reality and whether it’s worth doing it at all.
A detailed analysis was carried out by Interagro analysts
In general, about a third of vegetables and fruits are processed in the world. It is noted that the more developed the economy, the higher the share of vegetables and fruits is sent for processing. So in the USA up to 50% is recycled, in the EU - about 20%, in France - 20%, in Sweden - about 17%, in Belarus - 10%. In Russia, according to various estimates, 15-25% of collected vegetables and fruits are processed. For comparison, in the Soviet Union about 80% of the harvest was processed.
The most popular processing methods are freezing (57%), canning (38%) and drying (5%). However, in recent years the situation has been changing - the demand for canned vegetables and fruits is constantly decreasing (by 20% over the last 10 years), especially for canning with vinegar or sugar. On the other hand, the frozen market grew by about 10% over the same period. Preference is given to shock freezing.
The market for so-called “convenient products” (convenient for preparation and consumption, so as to spend less time on cooking) has been gaining momentum especially rapidly in recent years. These include the following segments: slicing, ready-made salads, vacuum and other “smart” packaging, which can, for example, change color if the product in the package is spoiled due to a gas leak or improper temperature conditions. There is a growing demand for innovative products, such as spaghetti made from vegetables rather than wheat.
Situation in Russia
The structure of fruit and vegetable processing in Russia is somewhat different: 43.9% - puree, 28.8% - canning, of which 15.0% - canning without vinegar, 3.2% - canning with vinegar, 1.8% - canning with sugar. Then come juices, nectars and drinks - 24.6%, frozen - 1.9%, including 0.4% products that were heat-treated with further freezing. Slicing is only 0.2%. At the same time, the slicing segment has grown 3.3 times over the past year: potato slicing by 1.6 times, vegetable slicing by 5.2 times.
Fruits and/or vegetables account for 56.7%, other vegetables - 21.1%, mushrooms - 5.4%, potatoes - 4.2%, apples - 4.1%.
Source: Rosstat, Interagro estimates
According to Interagro company estimates, Russian production, according to 2017 data, covers 81% of consumption in physical terms (weight). At the same time, a third of raw materials for the Russian processing industry imported from abroad. In other words, Russia has a weak own raw material base. The growth rate of raw material production is still insufficient for industry. Import level (19%).
A detailed analysis of imports shows that conservation is 57.3%. Of these, 32.8% is preserved without vinegar, 2.3% without sugar, 11.4% with vinegar and 10.8% with sugar. Freezing - 12.1%, including 11% - products were subject to heat treatment with further freezing. Juice - 18.4%, puree - 8.6%, sliced - 0.9%, hemogenic - 0.9%.
Processed tomatoes are imported 14.5%, potatoes - 12.5%, citrus fruits - 11.4%, apples - 9.6%.
Source: Customs statistics, Interagro estimates
Thus, it can be stated that the largest share of imports is that little is produced in Russia: 88% from grapes, 60% from tomatoes. What grows well in Russia is processed more - peas (77%), apples and berries (64%), potatoes (58%).
To change the situation towards accelerating import substitution in the fruit and vegetable processing segment, the “Strategy for the Development of the Food and Processing Industry” was adopted Russian Federation until 2020”, as well as its subprogram “Development of the sub-sector of crop production, processing and sale of crop products”. This program provides for the solution of the following tasks:
stimulating an increase in production volumes of main types of agricultural products and food and processing industry products;
stimulating the modernization and renewal of the material, technical and technological base for the functioning of agricultural production;
Creation favorable conditions to increase the volume of investment in the agro-industrial complex.
Processing plants in Russia
There are currently about 300 large and medium-sized enterprises in the industry.
Table 1. Main processing plants (TOP 10)
Name |
Kind of activity |
Revenue, billion rubles |
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JSC "MOULTON" |
Saint Petersburg |
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FRITO LAY MANUFACTURING LLC |
Moscow region |
Potato processing and canning |
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JSC "GARDENS OF PRIDONYA" |
Volgograd region |
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OOO "PROMCONSERVY" |
Smolensk region |
Other types of processing and canning of fruits and vegetables |
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LLC "SOUTHERN JUICE COMPANY" |
Krasnodar region |
Production of juice products from fruits and vegetables |
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LLC "AGRANA FRUIT MOSCOW REGION" |
Moscow region |
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CJSC "BELAYA DACHA TRADING" |
Moscow region |
Other types of processing and canning of fruits and vegetables |
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LLC "SUNFRUIT-TRADE" |
Perm region |
Production of juice products from fruits and vegetables |
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JSC "OREKHPROM" |
Krasnodar region |
Processing and canning of fruits and nuts |
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FERELGAM LLC |
Moscow region |
Processing and canning of fruits and vegetables |