Refrigerante à base de polpa de umbu (Spondias tuberosa)

Abstract

Despite the popularity of soft drinks in Brazil and the popularity of the Brazilian plum in the Northeast region of Brazil, currently there is no industrial production of Brazilian plum flavoured soft drink. This paper presents the development of a soft drink based on Brazilian plum pulp, as a way to solve this problem and do it in a kosher and halal manner for a future export market. The paper includes the literature review on the subject, the process flowchart, the description of the manufacturing steps, the industry layout, the mass and energy balances, the economic analysis of the product and the treatment of effluents generated in the process. The proposed industry will have a monthly output of 300000 L and the soft drink will be available for sale in 2 L and 600 ml PET bottles. From the economic analysis it was possible to define the unit product price of 2 L as R$ 4.00 and 600 mL as R$ 1.20. As well as it was possible to set the suggested selling price of the 2 L bottle as R$ 4.80 and the 600 mL bottle as R$ 1.45. With the profit obtained, it will be possible to return the initial investment in about 13 months. For the effluent treatment, the aerobic activated sludge treatment was chosen. Finally, it is concluded that the proposed product has a great marketing potential, especially in the northeast of Brazil.