MAKING TOOTH POWDER

• Manufacturing
• Cosmetics and Toiletry

Introduction
This business idea is for the production and marketing of tooth powder. Tooth powder is healthy for teeth and gums and will leave your mouth feeling super clean and your breath smelling good. Toothpaste simply adds binder agents and water, turning the powder into a paste that has a cleaner feeling and more easily coats the teeth. The total revenue is estimated at US$ 3000 per year with the total investment cost of US$ 85,131 per year.

Production Process
Combine three tablespoons of baking soda, one tablespoon salt, and four drops of clove oil in glass or metal bowl. Use a spoon to mix well, mashing mixture against the sides of the bowl to ensure that
oil is well distributed. To use powder, place a teaspoonful in the palm of your hand and pick up with a moistened toothbrush.

Market Analysis
Dental care awareness is increasing all the people’s demand for the Toothpaste and powder including the rural masses. As a result, it has a good growing market. It can be supplied to supermarket chains, retail/grocery shops and clinics. This product is stocked almost in all shops throughout the country. This business is not yet undertaken in Uganda.

 

 

 

Capital investment requirements US $

Capital investment item	Units	Qty	Unit cost	Amount
Distillation unit	no	1	600	600
Toothpaste filling machine	no	1	1,250	1,250
Baby boiler	no	1	2,250	2,250
Grinder	no	1	100	100
Crimping machine with hand operated	no	1	900	900
Van	no	1	6,000	6,000
Drier	no	1	1,000	1,000
Total cost on machinery	12,100

 

Production and Operating Costs
Direct Materials, Supplies and Costs in US$

Cost Item	Units	Unit cost/ day	Qty/ day	Prod cost /day	Prod cost/ month	Prod cost year
Baking soda	kg	1.3	5	6	163	1,950
Table salt	kg	0.6	2	1	31	9,734
Clove oil	ltrs	2	3	6	156	48,672
Sub-total	10	13	350	60,356
General costs(overheads)
Utilities(water and power)	150	1,800
Labour	813	9,750
Rent	150	1,800
Miscellaneous costs	50	600
Distribution costs	650	7,800
Depreciation (Asset write off) Expenses	252	3,025

 

Sub -total	2,065	24,775
Total Operating Costs	2,414	85,131

 

1Production costs assumed 312 days per year with a daily capacity of 500 tins of tooth powder.
(2)Depreciation (fixed assets write off) assumes 4 years life of assets written off at 25% per year for all assets
(3) Direct costs include materials, supplies and other costs that directly go into production of the product.
Project product Cost and Price Structure in US $

Item	Qty / day	Qty /yr	Unit Cost	Prod/yr	Unit Price	Total Revenue
Tooth powder	500	156,000	0.55	85,131	2.3	351,000

 

Profitably Analysis in US$

Profitability Item	Per day	Per month	Per Year
Revenue	1,125	29,250	351,000
Less production and operating Costs	273	7,094	85,131
Profit	852	22,156	265,869