A very profitable business is the confectionery business. The scope of the project may vary.
Idea for business
Confectionery production is not widespread enough.
This is due to the stringent requirements that the sanitary and epidemiological surveillance authorities make, and the need to recruit highly qualified personnel.
At the same time, the production of confectionery products is not only a high quality product, but also correctly and beautifully designed shop windows that attract the eye with a variety of cakes and cakes.
This type of business, which relates to grocery, like any other, will require great returns and decent investments.
In addition, it is important to professionally understand all the intricacies of the process. Without knowing the goods, it will be difficult not only to produce, but also to store, as well as sell. It is advisable that the project you start is not only familiar to you, but also delivers moral satisfaction.
Benefits
In the event that you have the first education as a confectioner, and the second in business, then God himself ordered to organize his own business. The main advantage of this project is that you start your own production, which is associated with food.
It has always been and always will be beneficial to feed people. The main problem lies in the choice of the way to achieve the goal. Many confectioners earn money by lowering the price of their products. They achieve this with the addition of unnatural cheap dyes, thickeners, preservatives and disintegrants.
Such products literally flooded the windows of specialized stores. However, this does not mean that this niche is occupied. Natural raw materials for the production of confectionery products are used by a small number of manufacturers. That is why there is practically no competition in the manufacture of such products.
Yes, such products have a higher price. But for every product there is certainly a buyer. More and more people are now seeking to switch to a healthy diet, and therefore they will try to find funds in their budget to pamper the child with a cake made from natural products.
Direction selection
Creating your own confectionery production, it will be necessary to determine the assortment list of products. To do this, conduct market research. When analyzing it, it will become clear which products will be in consumer demand.
After that, you will either need to purchase a recipe or create your own. To facilitate the work of confectioners, the Russian market offers ready-made mixes. When using them, you can cook confectionery semi-finished products, cookies, creams and fillings. All components in such mixtures are balanced and strictly selected.
This allows you to ensure the resulting products are of high quality. Using these mixtures, it is possible not only to significantly facilitate the initial stage of the project, but also to expand the assortment list of the enterprise that already exists.
Production technology
Confectionery is divided into two large categories. The first of these is sugar products. These are sweets and chocolate, iris and caramel, halva and candy, oriental sweets, etc. The second group includes flour confectionery. On their list are cookies and crackers, biscuits and gingerbread cookies, waffles, muffins, cakes and pastries.
The technology for the production of flour confectionery in the form of cookies, crackers and biscuits consists in preparing raw materials, kneading dough, molding the products, baking, cooling and packaging them. As for cakes and cakes, they include products of the most diverse forms, which have a high calorie content and attractive appearance. By the technology of their preparation, semi-finished products are initially baked and finishing products are prepared. After that, the products are decorated.
Upon receipt of the biscuit cake mix, a finely porous, elastic and lush structure is sought.
Main equipment for the production of confectionery products of this kind are whipping machines.
In their containers, granulated sugar is mixed with melange, into which flour is then introduced.
Obtaining sand semi-finished product is carried out from plastic dough, which has a large number of eggs, granulated sugar and fat contained in it.
In the manufacture of puff semi-finished product kneading the basis should ensure the swelling of proteins. The resulting dough is rolled into a layer. Butter is wrapped in it. After this, the dough is rolled and folded many times, and also cooled.
Semi-finished products are baked and give them a beautiful appearance with the help of fruit and berry fillings, creams, syrups, candied fruits, etc.
Raw materials used
For the production of confectionery products, components included in the recipe of products are taken. The main types of raw materials for the production of flour confectionery products are glucose and sugar, honey and molasses, dairy products and eggs, wheat flour and starch, kernels of nuts and cocoa beans, fruit and berry semi-finished products, fats and aromatic substances, etc.
Equipment selection
After you have decided on the assortment list of products, you can deal with the purchase of technological lines. Equipment for the production of creamy confectionery (cake and cakes) includes a flour sifter, at least two mixers, dough mixers, a rolling machine, a rotary or hearth furnace in its list. The workshop should also have specialized equipment, as well as auxiliary devices (refrigerator, washing tables, stoves and bathtubs).
The initial stage of the technological process is sifting of flour. To implement this stage, you need to purchase a special machine. It is called a sifter. Additional raw materials also need preliminary preparation.
Quality control must pass the eggs. To do this, you need to purchase an ovoscope. Eggs must also be washed in sectional baths. It will also take oil stripping. The main inventory for this stage of the technological process will be a table. You will need a refrigerator.
The equipment for the production of confectionery at the next stage of the technological process is a mixer. With their help, the dough is kneaded and the fillings are prepared, as well as creams. Mixers are equipped with capacities from four to five liters and therefore they are used by small enterprises. They are also auxiliary equipment for whipping dough, cream and the production of a small amount of cream.
More professional machines are planetary mixers. Their technical characteristics allow the use of this equipment not only in small but also in large enterprises. Such mixers are multifunctional. They can be used for mixing custard and yeast, puff and biscuit, as well as protein dough.
Thanks to the high speed of five hundred and forty-four revolutions per minute, they are simply ideal for whipping cream. When selecting this equipment, you should pay attention to the additional capabilities of the machines. Some models are equipped with a device for mechanized lowering and raising the capacity, as well as special trolleys for moving the bowl.
The equipment for the production of confectionery products involved in the next stage is longline ovens. They are used not only for the production of products that do not have mass demand, but also in large enterprises. Each of the tiers of the oven, and there can be from one to four, is designed for two or three baking sheets.
Large confectioneries often use rotary kilns. In them, the baking process is carried out on special rotating trolleys. Machines for the production of confectionery products of this type have the ability to change the air flow and its speed. This allows you to bake in one oven products whose production technology requires different modes.
Essential Accessories
Any line for the production of confectionery products requires a certain auxiliary equipment. So, for molding products during the process, various forms of stainless steel are used. Decorate cakes and cakes with the help of special nozzles.
The product and creams squeezed from pastry bags will help turn this work of art. To facilitate the entire production process, it is necessary to have a variety of knives, scrapers and combs, dividers for pie and circular knives, as well as other useful little things.
Conclusion
Confectionery production is subject to special requirements. However, this should not be an obstacle for a novice entrepreneur. With a properly set technological process and compliance with all regulatory requirements, problems with regulatory organizations will not arise.
