Estudo de viabilidade económica para instalação de uma unidade industrial em S. Tomé e Príncipe para produção de polpa e sumos de frutas

Mestrado em Engenharia Alimentar - Instituto Superior de Agronomia The industry of juices and squashes frozen fruit has expanded significantly in recent years, where the great variety of fruit meets the market of different flavours and sophisticated, greatly appreciated by consumers. The frozen pulp, by presenting features of practicality, gaining great popularity, being used in the preparation of juices, ice cream, confectionery and yoghurts and sometimes consumed directly. This work aims to study the feasibility of installing an industrial unit in s. Tomé and Príncipe for the production of juices and squashes (nectars) frozen. The bibliographic search using primary sources led to a vast set of information and knowledge about the geography, climate, soil and economic situation in s. Tomé e Príncipe, installation location, industry and business strategy to adopt. In addition, the product level, allowed the characterization of fruit, production processes, description of the processing steps and dimensioning of drive industry. Through the research on the Internet was also possible to obtain information concerning the evolution of sales and consumption of fruit juice and puree in the market and their prices. It was after a financial analysis at the end, concluding that the business is viable.