Indian Journal of Poultry Science

The present study was envisaged to evaluate the cost of production of chicken lollypops by utilizing low-price chicken wings. Chicken wings were marinated for 2 hours in the marinating mixture, battered, breaded and cooked in three batches viz., T₁; oven cooking (175°C, 24 min), T₂; Combination cooking (oven cooking at 175°C, 12 min and shallow frying at 165°C, 1.5 min) and T₃; deep fat frying (165°C, 6 min) and analyzed for cost of production. The cost of production was comparable in all three cooking methods but was lower than the current market price of chicken lollypops. It was estimated that the production cost of 1 kg product was approximately Rs. 252.11/-. However, to market this product, the tax (sale tax etc.) has to be paid which are 12.38% of the cost of production, so final cost of the product will be around Rs. 283/kg and the profitability Rs. 67/kg. The estimated details of production cost of the developed product concluded that this venture can be a successful enterprise.