Project 3: Cost of handmade applesauce.

2018-02-08

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Objective:

This project will analyze the cost of hand blending apples to the commercial cost.

Non-Consumable Materials:

1.Immersion Hand Blender. Cost $40.00 US.

Consumable Materials:

1. Kiku apples #40 purchased at HEB at a cost per gram of $0.00482. These were deemed too expensive for apple sauce.

2. Premium Gala apples purchased at Costco at cost per gram of $0.0034. Purchsed in a 5.5 lbs container, Net Wt. 14 count

3. GoGo Apple Sauce. Purchased at Costco $10.00 for 20 single servings. 90 g per serving, which works out to $0.0056 per g.

Mayonnaise:

To make apple sauce peel and core apples. Then blend in hand blend until pureed.

• Time 5 minutes
• Mass of raw apples 396 g.
• Cost of raw apples $1.35.
• Mass of apple sauce 303 g. Wastage 23.5%.
• Cost of labour $0.63.
• Cost per g of homemade apple sauce excluding labor $0.0044.
• Cost per g of homemade apple sauce including labor $0.0065.
• Cost per g of GoGo single serving apple sauce $0.0056

Below is a comparison of 250 ml of hand made to commercial sauce.

Handmade Sauce	Commercial Sauce
$1.63	$1.40

Conclusion

GoGo apple sauce is 21% more expensive than handmade not including labour.

GoGo apple sauce is 16% cheaper than handmade when labour is included.

As with other costs analysis the cost of homemade stuff can save money if raw product is purchased at a good price and you do not include labor. Also, it must be noted the amount of wasteage is excessive and better coring/peeling technique will create additional savings.