A Report On Industrial Visit To The Krishna District Milk Producers, Vijayawada
A Report On Industrial Visit To The Krishna District Milk Producers, Vijayawada
A Report On Industrial Visit To The Krishna District Milk Producers, Vijayawada
On
Industrial Visit
to The Krishna District Milk Producers,
Vijayawada
Organised By Electrical and Electronics Engineering Departme nt K L
University
The Dairying and Agriculture activities have gained momentum with the construction of the
dam across the river Krishna by Sir Arthur Cotton. Even now Krishna District occupies an
important place with reference to Dairying in Andhra Pradesh. It has total cattle population of
8,81,502 out of which breedable cattle are 4,52,209 (cows 38,505 and buffaloes 4,13,704). It
has the distinction of starting dairy activities under organised sector in A.P. in the early
sixties of 20th century. The first powder plant of South India was established in Vijayawada.
With all its inherent features and natural resources, Krishna District is still continuing as the
leader in dairying, maintaining International Standards, and won ISO 9001:2000 and HACCP
certification- for its Milk Products Factory. The present turnover of the union business is
around Rs.120 Crores.
DETAILS OF VISIT
Product Range:- Krishna Milk product range includes milk powders, milk, butter, ghee,
cheese, MastiDahi, Yoghurt, Buttermilk, chocolate, ice cream, cream, shrikhand, paneer,
gulabjamuns, flavoured milk, basundi, Krishna Milk Pro brand and others. Krishna Milk PRO
is a recently launched brown beverage just like bournvita and horlicks offering whey protein,
DHA and essential nutrients. Krishna Milk launched India's first sports drink, Stamina,
which competes with Coca Cola's Powerade and PepsiCo's Gatorade. Krishna Milk offers
mithaimate which competes with Milkmaid by Nestle by offering more fat at lower price.
Krishna Milk introduced Kool Koko, a chocolate milk brand extend ing its product offering in
the milk products segment. Other Krishna Milk brands are Krishna Milk Kool, a low-calorie
thirst quenching drink; Masti Butter Milk; and Kool Cafe, ready to drink coffee. Krishna
Milkicecreams are made from milk fat and thus are icecreams in real sense of the word, while
many brands in India sell frozen desserts made from vegetable fat. Krishna Milk sugar- free
Pro-Biotic Ice-cream won The International Dairy Federation Marketing Award for
2007.Anand Plant Produces Milk Powder and Butter.
SUMMARY OF VISIT:
We arrived at KRISHNA MILK at 10:00 AM. After that we gathered at the front gate and
visited various sections of KRISHNA MILK .we started with the animation movie for
showing glimpse of Krishna Milk dairy from its beginning at Krishna district at auditorium of
dairy memorial. It also gave introduction of company profile and its present functioning in
dairy industry for different milk products. The technical team has explained automation of
dairy through presentation containing many functional block diagrams and existing
computerized controlled machineries.
After that the students visited 4 different sections of KRISHNA MILK Dairy Plant:
1) Butter plant, where the students were informed of butter production in KRISHNA MILK.
2) Milk powder plant, where the students visited manufacturing as well as packing and
dispatching functions of KRISHNA MILK
3) Refrigeration Unit, where student were getting a knowledge about refrigeration system.
4) Milk process unit, where the students were informed of pasteurized milk production
Process
In Overall observed Krishna Milk factory where one can see machineries at work and how
Krishna Milk products are processed and packed. On the way to the factory, you are
captivated by the sight of huge milk silo units which quickly become the best feature of our
entire visit
PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT:-
MILK POWDER Processing Of Milk Powder Contains Classifier Unit, Pasteurizer Unit,
Separator, And Powder Packing. Classifier Unit separates solid impurities from flow of
milk. Before that milk was kept at low temperature in tank. Pasteurizer Unit performs
pasteurizing process continuously on milk so that milk was disinfected from bacteria. A
steam Boiler passes heat to the milk and water content was evaporated from milk. After that
Separator separates powder and stores to tank. Powder packing Unit packs that powder into
Printed packing boxes
BUTTER
Butter was made from cream made continuously from machine. Salt as Preservatives and
color as additives are added to the butter continuously. After that it was packed on
automatically Packing Machine. Capacity of butter plant is 25 tons per day.