Kuara: Indústria de laticínio vegetal

Abstract

The vegan industry growth in the past few years tied with the need of a healthy consumption provided a raise in the food sectors related to well-being culture. Thus, the vegan dairy sector was too much influenced, mainly in the area of the vegan cheese. Supporting the responsible eating, Kuara enclose its area in the market from cheese production, mozzarella and cheddar, functional pasta, and cream cheese to chestnut. The company owns the focus on a fair future and based in sustainable and conscious choices, prioritizing fauna, and flora. It is going to be in Caucaia, a city from Ceará, due to the proximity with the goods and the community involved at the cashew culture making it easy the flowing of the feedstock and providing access to high quality products and in the terms of this consumers who search for a healthy lifestyle and plant-based food. The Kuara will be a large sized company that will provide a production of 250 kg h-1 of cream cheese, 150 kg h-1 of organic paste, besides the 250 kg h-1 of white cheese, 250 kg h-1 of mozzarella and concluding with 100 kg h-1 of cheddar. The industry energy balance showed that Kuara will demand 63,7 kW. Evaluating the financial analysis, it can be seen that the considerable sum of the financed amount, R$ 443 million, will be paid in 6 years, considering that the factory operates optimally, in addition to the primary demand for products, it will operate at 67% of production capacity, the company has a positive Net Present Value (NPV), as well as an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) that exceeds the Minimum Attractiveness Rate (TMA), demonstrating the feasibility of the investment.