Polotsk bakery almost doubled the production of extruded breadsticks

May 24, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Polotsk bakery has almost doubled the output of extruded bread crisps. Thus, if in January-February this type of product was produced at just over 10 tons per month, then in April the production volume reached 18 tons. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the enterprise director, Sergey Leychenko. According to him, the plant currently produces 12 types of bread crisps. However, in June, six new products will enter the retail network: bread crisps with chicken, bacon, paprika, mushroom, onion and sour cream flavors, as well as with fruit filling. Depending on the availability of raw materials, it will be strawberry, yogurt, chocolate-nut, cherry or caramel filling. Other varieties of this group will appear somewhat later. In total, this year the enterprise plans to triple the range of extruded bread crisps to 32 items and increase their monthly output to 40-45 tons by the end of the year. The new product from the Polotsk plant has already gone on sale in retail outlets in all regions of Belarus. To promote it more widely in the domestic market, the plant is opening its representative offices in all regional centers and Minsk. In addition, negotiations are underway for the supply of bread crisps to Russia. Extruded bread crisps are a new type of product for the Polotsk bakery. Their production was mastered at the end of 2009. For this purpose, French equipment with a capacity of 100-140 kg of products per hour, costing 1 million euros, was purchased. The new line is installed in a reconstructed workshop. The product is produced in four types: for healthy eating (without additives); health-improving (with beneficial minerals and vitamins); in the "chips" style; with fruit fillings. In January-April, the enterprise produced products worth Br4.2 billion, which is 19.1% higher than last year's level. The profitability of sales was over 8%. According to preliminary data, exports in January-May will increase by 2 times compared to the same period in 2009, to $18 thousand. Bakery products are supplied to Russia. The enterprise was founded in 1933. It is a branch of RUPP "VitebskhlebProm". It specializes in the production of bakery products, rusks and pretzels, confectionery, as well as sauces and mustard. The range includes about 70 items. It is updated annually by an average of 30-40%. The number of employees exceeds 240 people.