India is rich in fruit diversity and contains more than one-third of the country's total diversity.Fruits are an important source of energy for human beings. Fruits are also popular amongst all age gr...

India is rich in fruit diversity and contains more than one-third of the country's total diversity.Fruits are an important source of energy for human beings. Fruits are also popular amongst all age groups but their availibility is limited during season only which lasts for a period of 3-4 months for most of the fruits. Hence,they need to be processed and preserved which also results in Value addition. There has been appreciable increase in export of processed foods which includes fruit juices. With the fast growth of the urban areas and the living standards of the Indian people growing higher, there is a good potential to develop this industry in the small scale sector..