Ben Tre identifies coconut as the main crop of the province. Coconut trees have good adaptability to climate change. The province currently has nearly 200,000 households growing coconuts, with an area of over 72,000 hectares. The crop yields about 645,000 tons/year. In order to make the most of and effectively use local resources, many production facilities and businesses (DN) in the coconut industry are reusing, recycling, and recovering by-products. By-products and wastes of one industry are input materials of another industry.
From the raw material of coconut meat, many factories in the province have applied modern technology, machinery and equipment to squeeze coconut milk as raw materials to produce coconut milk, which is widely used in food processing, serving tourism and service industries.
Or for establishments and entreprises that produce coconut candy, after using coconut milk to make coconut candy, the by-product is the copra carcass that will be removed. But now, Vinh Tien Co., Ltd. has always used this by-product, combined with other ingredients to create coconut flower cake products, with many natural flavors, unique brand shaping characteristics, for the best price. high value for export…
In the past, aged coconut water was often removed during the production of coconut meat. Cuu Long Coconut Products Processing Co., Ltd, Ward 8, Ben Tre city is one of the first enterprises in the province to research and develop new products, which are raw coconut jelly, coconut jelly used in food and beverages, with 100% of the input materials being old coconut water. As a result, it contributes to making full use of the excess coconut water in the production process, minimizing environmental pollution.
Coconut mask
Through more than ten years of research and development from matured coconut water, Cuu Long Coconut Products Processing Co., Ltd. has invented about 22 new products, the added value is doubled. In which, there are key export items such as: coconut masks, coconut paper. Most recently, coconut straws have attracted the attention of European and American countries. Currently, the company has completed the production line of coconut straws to focus on exporting this item, an average of 100,000 tubes/month.
“Initially, the company did not think about profit, because the investment cost of manual production is quite high, so the main goal is to serve the community, introduce it to everyone, use it to replace a part of the product plastic products. The price of straws is similar to that of grass straws, bamboo straws... But the exciting result is that the coconut straws on the first day of launch have been warmly welcomed by a large number of consumers and domestic and foreign partners, especially is customers from Europe and the US", Ms. Truong Thi Cam Hong said - Director of Cuu Long Coconut Products Processing Co., Ltd.
Luong Quoi Coconut Co., Ltd., An Hiep Industrial Park, Chau Thanh district has changed the old production technology with the solution of applying modern science and technology to production and making the most of the exploitation of input raw materials, using by-products of coconut milk to make another product, coconut water and coconut milk beverage, has helped enterprises from a small-scale unit to achieve the goal of reaching a "thousand billion dong" enterprise, becoming a one of the leading enterprises in the province's coconut industry.
Coconut water and coconut milk beverage of Luong Quoi Coconut Co., Ltd
“Investing in a production line with a capacity of 4-12 thousand liters of coconut water/hour, we have made full use of hundreds of thousands of liters of old coconut water discharged during the production process to produce canned coconut water for export market", said Mr. Cu Van Thanh said - Director of Luong Quoi Coconut Co., Ltd.
Source: Website post of Ben Tre Department of Industry and Trade
http://congthuongbentre.gov.vn/kinh-te-tuan-hoan-nganh-dua.html