Spirulina as a source

of income for
deprived villages
 What is Spirulina?
It is a blue-green algae

One-celled form

65-71 percent protein

Contains all essential amino acids

Spirulina has an 8-10 percent photosynthetic

conversion rate (land plants have about a 3
percent conversion rate)
 Spirulina is like Horlicks or Complan
(IT is not food but it is a food supplemen

Nutrients Spirulin Complan Horlicks

a
Vitamins 14 13 * 11+
Minerals 12 14* 11+
Proteins (18 amino 65% 16% 20%
acids)
Carbohydrates 20% 43 % 53 %
Fats 5% 13% 15%
*http://www.complanfoods.com/vitamins_minerals.php
Total Nutritional 38 27 27
compounds +http://www.gsk-ch.in/MotherHorlicks.aspx
18 essential amino acids
Spirulina contains Carotenes, Xanthophylls, Chlorophyll & Ph
http://www.liferesearchuniversal.com/spirulina2.html
Note: Horlicks and Complan are popular energy drinks in India
 Spirulina composition
Vitamins per 10 g & % daily value
per 10 Daily % per daily %
Vitamin Vitamin
g Value DV 10 g value DV
23000 460
A 5000 IU B1 (Thiamine) .35 mg 1.5 mg 23 %
IU %
Beta 460 B2
14 mg 3 mg .40 mg 1.7 mg 23 %
Carotene % (Riboflavin)

C 0 mg 60 mg 0% B3 (Niacin) 1.4 mg 20 mg 4 %

300 B6
D 1200 IU 400 IU 80mcg 2.0 mg 4 %
% (Pyridoxine)
E 1.0 mg 30 IU 3% Folate 1 mcg 0.4 mg 0 %
B12
200 250 20 330
K 80 mcg (Colobalimine 6 mcg
mcg % mcg %
)
0.5 Pantothenic 10
Boitin 0.3 mg 0% 10 mg 1 %
mcg Acid mcg
Inositol 6.4 mg 0 0%
Minerals per 10 g & % daily value
per 10 Daily per Daily
Mineral % DV Mineral % DV
g Value 10 g Value
1000 Manganes 0.5
Calcium 70 mg 7% 2 mg 25 %
mg e mg
25 120
Iron 15 mg 18 mg 80 % Chromium 21 %
mcg mcg
Phosphor 1000 Molybden 0 75
80 mg 8% 0%
us mg um mcg mcg
150 3400
Iodine 0 mg 0 % Chloride 0 mg 0%
mcg mg
Magnesiu 90 2400
40 mg 400 mg 10 % Sodium 4%
m mg mg
140 3500
Zinc 0.3 mg 15 mg 2 % Potassium 4%
mg mg
Germaniu 60
Selenium 10 mcg 70 mcg 14 % 0 mg 0 %
m mcg
120
Copper 2 mg 6% Boron 0 mg 0 mg 0%
mcg
Spirulina is a protein rich food
(Nutritional composition)

Spirulina has 300% more calcium than

whole milk
Good for bones, growth of children
Spirulina has 2300% more iron than
spinach
Good for blood, prevents anemia
Spirulina has 3900% more Beta
Carotene than carrots
Good for eyes, strong antioxidant,
immunity
 Protein content
Protein (%)
(Spirulina vs other foods)

Source: Larry Switzer (1982) The Whole Food Revolution, Bantam Books, NY.
USA. pg 21
Can we take spirulina?

Spirulina Powder
Spirulina mixed groundnut chikki b
Antenna Organization Chennai

Spirulina, Soda and lime

drink

Grape juice with Spirulina

It is a part of diet in
US and other countries
Intake has to be reduced due to high nutritional con

Recommended Usage (500mg Tablet )

Infants
12 months and below 1/2 tablet daily
(dissolve tablet in water or milk)
1-3 years 1 tablets daily

Children
3-6 years 1-2 tablets daily
6-12 years 2-3 tablets daily
12 years and above
3 -10 tablets daily
Project

The aim of the project is to

establish a small scale
Industry and stabilize it
within one year
 CLUSTER OF SPIRULINA INDUSTRIES
SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY
1
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piru sm SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY
SPRAY s om
w r 2
DRYING THE Ra kes f nit
fa le u SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY
PRODUCT a
sc 3
QUALITY SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY
CHECKING 4

PACKING sp Pa SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY

iru ck
a 5
or lina ged
gr fak pow
m anu es de
Marketing to ar l o r
Di ket es f r ETC
abroad st r i n or
ibu g o
(Exporting) tio r
Or n
Service Activities
Project at brief
1. The project aims on establishing
spirulina small-scale industries.

First six months (Establishment

- free of cost Spirulina selling to
local villagers for promoting)
Next three months (1/2 profit
selling)
Next three months (full profit
Selling and stabilization)

INDUSTRIES HAVE TO STABILIZE

WITHIN ONE YEAR
GANTT
CHART
1 2
Establishment of spirulina small scale industry

2 3 4 5 Spirulina
6 will be provided free
During this of cost
period the benefits of consuming this food supplement will
be realized by the people

6 7 8 9
A profitless minimal
amount will be charged

9 10
The charges will be
11
increased to generate
modest profit
11 12
Report writing
and analyzing
the results
Months 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
 Whom we can sell spirulina? & various marke
Approach 1: Distribution
of spirulina lemon drink +
to patients present in the
Spirulina + Lemon & bread, jam to hosp
hospitals (Evening snack).
Low concentration of spirulina has to be given 100 mg

Approach 2: Consulting
various sweet merchants +
and promoting them to
add pinch of spirulina in
sweets and Low
fried items. of spirulina has to be given 10 mg p
concentration

Approach 3: Consulting the authorities in

nearby schools to introduce Spirulina-
lemon/Horlicks/Complan drink in Mid-Day meals
Low concentration of spirulina has to be given 1
 Approach 4: Training farmers to grow wet
spirulina in pots for feeding cattle/poultry.
Fresh mother culture and micro nutrients will
be given by the project.

Low concentration of spirulina has to

be given 500 mg per 50 liter
Approach 5: Opening spirulina juice stalls
and supplying fresh spirulina-lemon drink free
of cost in cold condition to the farmers.
(Common dosage: 100 mg per drink)
Fruit juice
+ (Spirulina taste neutral so it
can be mixed with any fruit
juice)
Entrepreneurs
have to
stabilize within
a year and
should be able
to generate
 Major Advantages of the
Project
1. An industry established in village will give
employment to villagers.
2. Packaging and quality checking will be done
at one unit so that quality can be
continuously monitored.
3. Spirulina is a sensitive organism, a little
contamination will spoil the entire culture. If
one industry is contaminated other industries
can help them. The loss will be very less.
 Major Advantages of the
Project
As many people are involved in this
project fund generation will be easy.
More the number of industries, more
people will be involved in that
production.
It can also be used as a good
biofertilizer along with urea.
What is the need of starting
this program?
People have to start spirulina awareness
program immediately because
It is future food (It takes only sunlight and sea
water to grow Eradication of hunger in India
Other countries have started using this
product and our Indians have to start it and
make it as a habit since all lands are
becoming dry and we dont know what will
happen in Future i.e. Plants may stop
growing, or trees may die etc
 It also acts as an income source for dry
land farmers. People in villages (Rain
dependent villages are struggling during
summer)
Nutritional awareness in India is
increasing now a days and it is the right
time to start this project.
 About project
We have interested Entrepreneurs people
(40) through out India. They are interested
to invest money on this project but we
advised them to wait for mass project to
start this initiative. Try plan for one village
first with CFTRI Technology. Once it is
successful, then other entrepreneurs can
start this project, throughout India.

Budget details: Next slide

Detailed Budget Estimation
Fixed capital:
INDIAN RUPEES
Technology cost (CFTRI, 50,000/-
Mysore, Government
organization who discovered
Farex)
Construction cost per pond 10000/-
One safety pond 6000/-
Rain protection 1000/-
Optical Microscope 3000/-
Muslin cloth and other cloths 300/-
Scale with disc 75/-
Wood for holding the cloth 600/-
pH meter 3500/-
Refrigerator 15,000/-
Total 89,475/-
Working capital:

Indian rupee per Indian rupees

year per month
Labor cost: 36,000/- 3000/-
Chemicals cost 43,800/- 3600/- (120/- per
day)
Postal charges for 21,900/- Rs. 1800/-
sample (Rs. 60 per
kilogram)
Sample analysis 18,000/- (1500/- Rs. 1500/-
charges per 30 kilograms)
Traveling 36,000/- 3000/-
Marketing 60,000/- 5000/-
expenditure
Total 2,15,700/- 17,900/-
Extra Charges

Extra=15,000+50,000+36,000+60,0
Refrigerator Technology Travelling Marketin
= 1,61,000

Quality Maintenance = 21,900+ 1

Postal Sample analy
= 39,900/-
Total cost of the project =
Fixed capital (Technology (Rs.
50000/- + Refrigirator (Rs. 15000) + fixed
capital) + Working capital
(Quality Checking (39,900/-) + Marketing
(Rs. 60,000) + Travelling (Rs. 36,000)
+Working Capital for running the plant )

Total Fixed capital +

Working Capital
89, 475 +
 Project cost excluding
marketing and quality
checking, technology cost,
refrigerator etc..

Is

Rs. 1,042,75 /- ONLY for one

complete year
 As it is group initiative, we can request,
CFTRI has to give technology free of cost
(We can save Rs. 50,000)
Before giving the chance to start an
industry we will ask them about
refrigerator and I personally hope that most
of the entrepreneurs will be having
refrigerators.
We can reduce the marketing and travelling
expenditure.
 Other costs i.e. Quality checking
cannot be avoided because we are
giving it to children and women.
For production and marketing of 365
kilograms of Spirulina per year

Spirulina selling cost for one

kilogram cost is Rs. 840/-

(Present market price in India is Rs.

1200 to Rs. 2500/- per kilogram)
 Profits by the project
Per kilo investment is Rs. 840/-

First 183 days spirulina will be supplied free of cost so the

profit will be Nil

Next 92 days: Rs. 420 per kilogram will be charged for 92

days then the total profit is 38,640/-

Next 92 days: Rs. 840 per kilogram will be charged for next

92 days 77,280/-
Total profit from the project =
1,15,920/-
 Advantage of this project
Stabilization of industry in villages and
employment
Marketing and habituating people with
Spirulina sp. and this will help our
country to fight malnutrition as well as
poverty (NO one will die of hunger)
It will be like Corporate milk revolution
In India.
Main advantage
of this project is
making farmers
self employed