The Kasaragod-primarily based Central Plantation Crops Analysis Institute (CPCRI) has launched a transportable coconut sap chiller for the collection of hygienic and unfermented sap (‘Kalparasa’) from the coconut spadix.
KB Hebbar, Head of Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Submit-Harvest Know-how of CPCRI, explained to BusinessLine that nevertheless the institute had earlier formulated a coconut sap chiller, manufacturing of it was a time-consuming course of action as it had to be assembled manually. With the increase in demand from customers from the coconut-increasing States for the chiller, the timely source of the device was a bit tough.
He stated now the institute, with the monetary help from the Kochi-primarily based Coconut Enhancement Board (CDB), has built and fabricated moulds essential for the massive-scale production of coconut sap chiller. The moulds have by now been commissioned for the business production of the coconut sap chiller.
The new transportable coconut sap chiller is a double jacketed box manufactured of HDPE (Large Density Polyethylene), insulated by polyurethane foam in between the jackets. The device has provision for inserting ice, a ‘Kalparasa’ collection container, a spadix holder, prime lid, a funnel and provision to connect the box on the tree prime. It has a collection capability of a few litres of ‘Kalparasa’.
The coconut sap chiller is lighter in pounds, water proof, simple to connect to the spadix, requires much less ice, and retains lower temperature for a extended time period as compared to commercially available ice containers, he stated.
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On the effectiveness evaluation carried out on coconut sap chiller at CPCRI and other locations, he stated the new HDPE chiller is very strength efficient and the ice cubes final approximately 24 hrs as towards ten-12 hrs of the current containers. It is very charge helpful, as the production is finished in factories using the moulds. The production charge has now arrive down to around ₹850 for each piece. This excludes packing, transportation and GST. The former product was costing extra than ₹2000 for each piece, he stated.
Though there was a setback on coconut sap tapping owing to Covid, however approximately three,000 items of the chillers were being acquired by Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and West Bengal in the final several months, he stated.
Lots of farmers and coconut producer firms have expressed their fascination to procure the chiller not only for tapping coconut but also for palmyra and day palm.
Built and formulated by Hebbar and AC Mathew, Principal Scientist at CPCRI, the institute has provided licence to the Mangaluru-primarily based Kalyaniram Polyplast Pvt Ltd to manufacture, pack and source the requisite quantities of chillers to conclusion users on behalf of CPCRI for those people who signal technological innovation transfer with the institute.
He stated the sap gathered by coco-sap chilller at lower temperature is fully unique from the ‘neera’ gathered by classic technique with or without preservatives, and hence it was named as ‘Kalparasa’. He stated that ‘Kalparasa’ has been granted trade mark by Mental Assets India. Sap gathered using the coco-sap chiller is golden brown in colour, mouth watering and cost-free from contaminants such as insects, ants, and pollen and dust particles. It contained several wellness promoting substances like polyphenols, anti-oxidants, natural vitamins, amino acids and minerals, he added.
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