Overview

Apart from FMCG products, there are various other consumable items which are required in every household either on a weekly or monthly basis as well. These are the very sectors or industries where businesses do not run out of business or out of demand. When it comes to the manufacturing business. Individuals are more inclined towards opportunities or ventures where the risk is less and there are less chances of uncertainties related to the future of the same. Multigrain Flour Mill business is one such venture which many business owners go for, Multigrain consists of many different types of grains.

Multigrain Flour has a huge demand particularly in a nation like India where rotis, chapati, phulkas, and parathas are essential for the day-to-day staple eating routine. Wheat (atta) or some other sort of flour including maida, bajri, jowar, ragi are totally utilized as flour to make parathas and Tortilla. Furthermore, flour is likewise used to make various fast-food items, for example, pizza base, buns for burgers, pasta, doughnuts, bread, rolls, noodles, and so on. 
 
There are two kinds of Multigrain flour business that can be thought of while wanting to begin a venture. The first is an essential part where consumers get their grains and have them ground and processed for a specific insignificant sum. This business would require the processing machine and space or shop to have the machine and maintain the processing business. The venture for this sort of business scale is lower compared to the second type, the capital is for the machine and presumably a space, the two of which can be rented if you are a beginner.  
 
The second kind of flour mill is one where the business owners buy the required materials, which is the grains, grounds them at the factory, and sells them post packaging. This packed flour can be offered to retailers or straightforwardly to clients. This business contains securing the raw materials, filtering it, processing it, and afterward packing it, all of which would require the machineries and the capital venture would likewise be higher, however, even the profits would be higher as compared to the first type. 

Licenses Required 

 
A. FSSAI License 
B. Firm Registration  
C. Current Bank Account 
D. Trade Mark 
E. GST Registration 
F. Trade License 
G. Business Pan Card 

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Raw Materials Required

You would not require any major raw materials in this business, it would just be the various grains that you are planning to use in your Multigrain Flour. The required raw materials are mentioned as follows. 
 
A. Whole Wheat 
B. Soya Bean 
C. Oats 
D. Ragi  
E. Jowar  
F. Bajra 

Equipment Required

Depending on the scale of your business and the machinery that you use, the equipment required would vary. Since it is a Multigrain Flour, the type of grains that you use would lead to the usage of different types of equipment, the required ones are mentioned as follows. 
 
A. Rotameter  
B. De-Stoner 
C. Intensive Dampener 
D. Bucket Elevator 
E. Weighing Scale 
F. Dust Cyclone 
G. Roller Mill Body 
H. Purifier 
I. Silogate 
J. Roll Grooving 
K. Spindle Cutting

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Process
 

It is the process that matters or counts in a manufacturing business. The process or the steps that you carry out in your business decides the cost of your end-product and that ultimately decides the profit that you would make in your business. No matter which type of grains you use in preparing your Multigrain Flour, the process would more or less be the same. 

 
1. Cleaning Process 
The initial step is to watch out for the cleaning of your most significant crude material, that is the grains that you have used. To get a viable final result your first process is to remove every one of the additional particles like soil, dust, sand, and so forth, whatever is visible in the grains. These particles are harmful to people for consuming as well as a problem for your machines. These particles or materials are taken out by an alternate kind of sieving measures which would vary as per the scale of your business. 
 
2. The Conditioning Process 
The next step is similar to that of any Flour making business which is to condition or expose your raw materials to moisture. The reason behind having your grains exposed to moisture is to clean them further and separate them from any bran, endosperm, germ meal, etc. Moisture helps in peeling off the bran and helps to keep your grains maintain the superior quality which you desire to have. 

 
3. Mixing Process
After having your grains dried and before sending your grains away for milling, you also need to add some necessary raw materials as per the grains that you using in your Multigrain flour. It is important for you to ensure the proper mixing of the same as the manufacturing process would be at its end stage once the Milling process starts. You need to slip all the raw materials through the conveyer belt of the machine for letting them mix well. 
 

4. The Milling Process 
The final stage of your manufacturing process is to have your grains milled through the milling machine and grounded it into flour. Once again depending on the type of grains that you have selected and the type of Milling machine that you are using to mill them, the time period would differ. Once you have them milled, you need to have them sieved and at last, you would have your perfect Multigrain flour ready. 
 

Conclusion  

Multigrain Flour consists of various types of grains such as Soyabean, jowar, Bajra, Whole Wheat, Oats, Ragi, etc. According to the type of grains that an individual selects, the equipment and machineries are selected accordingly. The process of manufacturing Multigrain flour is the cleaning process, the conditioning process, the mixing process, and lastly the milling process.