CPCRI launches portable coconut sap chiller
The Kasaragod-based Central Plantation Crops Exploration Institute (CPCRI) has introduced a portable coconut sap chiller for the assortment of hygienic and unfermented sap (‘Kalparasa’) from the coconut spadix.
KB Hebbar, Head of Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Publish-Harvest Know-how of CPCRI, informed BusinessLine that although the institute had earlier produced a coconut sap chiller, production of it was a time-consuming approach as it had to be assembled manually. With the maximize in demand from customers from the coconut-rising States for the chiller, the well timed provide of the device was a bit complicated.
He mentioned now the institute, with the financial guidance from the Kochi-based Coconut Progress Board (CDB), has built and fabricated moulds needed for the significant-scale manufacturing of coconut sap chiller. The moulds have presently been commissioned for the commercial manufacturing of the coconut sap chiller.
The new portable coconut sap chiller is a double jacketed box built of HDPE (Substantial Density Polyethylene), insulated by polyurethane foam in concerning the jackets. The device has provision for placing ice, a ‘Kalparasa’ assortment container, a spadix holder, leading lid, a funnel and provision to join the box on the tree leading. It has a assortment potential of 3 litres of ‘Kalparasa’.
The coconut sap chiller is lighter in pounds, drinking water proof, effortless to join to the spadix, necessitates considerably less ice, and retains reduced temperature for a for a longer period period as compared to commercially available ice bins, he mentioned.
Vitality efficiency
On the general performance evaluation carried out on coconut sap chiller at CPCRI and other places, he mentioned the new HDPE chiller is extremely strength productive and the ice cubes final approximately 24 hours as in opposition to 10-twelve hours of the present bins. It is extremely charge effective, as the manufacturing is completed in factories making use of the moulds. The manufacturing charge has now arrive down to all around ₹850 for each piece. This excludes packing, transport and GST. The preceding model was costing additional than ₹2000 for each piece, he mentioned.
While there was a setback on coconut sap tapping owing to Covid, nonetheless approximately three,000 parts of the chillers were obtained by Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and West Bengal in the final number of months, he mentioned.
Lots of farmers and coconut producer companies have expressed their interest to procure the chiller not only for tapping coconut but also for palmyra and day palm.
Developed and produced by Hebbar and AC Mathew, Principal Scientist at CPCRI, the institute has presented licence to the Mangaluru-based Kalyaniram Polyplast Pvt Ltd to manufacture, pack and provide the requisite quantities of chillers to conclusion customers on behalf of CPCRI for people who indication know-how transfer with the institute.
He mentioned the sap gathered by coco-sap chilller at reduced temperature is solely various from the ‘neera’ gathered by standard process with or devoid of preservatives, and as a result it was named as ‘Kalparasa’. He mentioned that ‘Kalparasa’ has been granted trade mark by Mental House India. Sap gathered making use of the coco-sap chiller is golden brown in colour, delicious and cost-free from contaminants these types of as bugs, ants, and pollen and dust particles. It contained quite a few health selling substances like polyphenols, anti-oxidants, nutritional vitamins, amino acids and minerals, he additional.
