Whether we are frying our pooris or aloo-tikkis, making the tadka/tempering for our daals, or sautéing our sabzis – edible oil is an integral part of every meal and every Indian’s expenditure on food.
Traditionally, Indians use broadly two types of edible oils. The first is ‘vegetable’ oils obtained from crushing local oilseeds — mustard in northern and eastern India; groundnut in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh; sesame and groundnut in Tamil Nadu; and coconut in Kerala.
The second cooking oil medium is ‘animal’ fat, mainly desi ghee from milk. This is an expensive option that households exercise, maybe once a week or to make traditional sweets like mysore pak, halwa and ladoos on special occasions.
Today, like the other ‘oil’, petroleum, edible oil too is largely imported. As consumption soars due to increasing incomes and improving lifestyles, the growth in production of domestic edible oil has not been able to keep pace with the growing demand. Limited availability of oil seeds and shifting of acreage to other crops has further increased the demand supply gap. This gap is being met by imports from leading exporters Indonesia and Malaysia and account for almost 55-65% of the total oil consumption during past five years.
Around 40% of the edible oil market is fragmented and unbranded. While 20-25 big players such as Marico, Agro Tech Foods, Ruchi Soya, Adani Wilmar, Mother Dairy and Cargill India control over 60% of the edible oil market, there are about 200 small and medium regional players accounting for the balance in the sector. However, hygiene concerns, awareness and preference for healthy, fortified variants, and enhanced spending power are pushing up the market for branded cooking oil.
Oil pouches are the preferred packaging for most edible oil – especially for 1 Ltr. quantities. And for oil pouch packing machines, Nichrome is the preferred supplier. As a renowned, innovative Oil Filling Machine Manufacturer, Nichrome is trusted for its cooking oil filling machines and ghee pouch packing machines. Nichrome’s Automatic Oil Filling Machine, FILPACK SERVO SMD is a high speed, accurate and hygienic oil packaging machine designed to deliver an impressive 100 packs/min. in 50 ml to 100 ml, 3-side seal pouch formats. It promises to protect the purity of the product, improve time-to-market, and enhance the retail value of the brand.
The VFFS edible oil filling machine is built with an enclosed SS cabinet construction. UV sterilization of the packaging film is inbuilt. The automatic filling machine has the capability to pack two different products and quantities at the same time using SMD. Space requirements are lessened as the oil filling machine does not have any side opening. The controller is operator friendly and the machine is totally mechanical with no need for compressed air.
Nichrome also offers Totpack HFFS machines for oil pouch packaging. Totpack is a PLC based touch screen machine, with linear Spanish Technology with pouch aesthetics. Its compact and versatile design offers both single and perforated chain of pouches. TOTPACK is equipped with well designed duplex modules for higher outputs, and has Auto tuning temperature controller, easy and quick change over. Its horizontal seal system can be operated mechanically.
Together, these machines from Nichrome offer optimal solutions for pouch packing of oil, allied viscous products like vanaspati and ghee, and even other liquids such as Buttermilk, Flavoured Water, Health Drinks, Non Carbonated Beverages, Liquors, Wines and Juices.
The second cooking oil medium is ‘animal’ fat, mainly desi ghee from milk. This is an expensive option that households exercise, maybe once a week or to make traditional sweets like mysore pak, halwa and ladoos on special occasions.
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