Mango Foods Case Study Solution

Mango Pulping Facility
Mango pulps are main value added products that have demands in both local and global markets. The market for local fruit juices, nectars and beverages has been increasing at a high rate throughout the last five years (2007 onwards). Subsequently, the demand for mango pulp has augmented in this period. The mango products must be sold in the local and international markets in order to gain from the current gap in the market. The suggested facility will also contribute towards decreasing the post-harvest damages and will resultantly increase employment prospects, contribute towards food security and maximize crop value for the growers. In order to increase the viability of the proposed project, the addition of tomatoes will allow achieving

• If the mango industry could share irradiation facilities with commodities with different harvest schedules, operational costs of the plants would be more economical because they could be used year-round.
• While any quarantine treatment poses potential damage to mangos, partially ripe mangos showed no change in the rate of ripening after irradiation, researchers found. Since most fruit is shipped partially ripe, this treatment may be easier on the fruit than some other methods.
• Expense, radiation dosage and potential fruit damage are indelibly linked. The larger the doses of radiation mangos receive, the less expensive it is because fruit can be treated in large batches. However, in order to get fruit in the center of the batch to the proper radiation levels, the fruit along the outside could receive two to six time higher dosages, which could cause damage. On the other hand, if pallets were to be disassembled and fruit was treated in boxes, the radiation dosage to the mango would be much smaller, but increased labor would make it much more