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Item Cost/Metric ton (Kshs) Cost per Kg (Kshs)
0.06
1 Dosifier depreciation 55.6 0.40
0.001
2 Premix cost 400 0.46
3 External testing 0.225
TOTAL 455.8
Table 8. - 3Metric tons/day flour fortification
(based on 2016 data)
FATS AND OILS BASIC PRICING – 50 MT/Day
Assumptions
1.) Capital costs include a premix tank, pumps and piping, iCheck Chroma test kit
- Kshs1,300,000
2.) Depreciation of equipment is 5 years
3.) Cost of premix is Kshs 415 per metric ton (Vitamin A 1Mill IU/gm)
4.) Internal testing, 2 times a day, using iCheck Chroma for Vitamin A, with existing
Laboratory personnel – Kshs 1200
5.) External testing, every month, costs Kshs1000 per test (done in duplicate)
6.) Other costs – training of personnel
Item Cost/Metric ton (Kshs) Cost per Kg (Kshs)
0.02
1 Equipment depreciation 17.3 0.41
0.05
2 Premix cost 415 0.001
3 Internal test 48 0.48
4 External testing 0.63
TOTAL 480.93
Table 9. - Vegetable oil fortification costs (metric ton / day)
(based on 2016 data)
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