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Food and Nutrition Security/ Mid Day Meal Scheme/ ICDS/ PDS | Gitam scholars patent millet biscuits

Gitam scholars patent millet biscuits

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published Published on Oct 21, 2014   modified Modified on Oct 21, 2014
-The Times of India

VISAKHAPATNAM: Researchers of Gitam University's food science and technology department have successfully registered a patent for millet rich biscuits. The researchers -- Layam Anitha, M M Krishna and Pooja Mandlik -- worked on developing the millet rich biscuits under the project named 'Millet Delight'. The trio also named their patented biscuits the same.

The research team said that at the present most of the products available in the Indian biscuit market are formulated with wheat flour or refined wheat flour. However, the biscuits developed by the Gitam trio are fibre rich and gluten free and at the same time being delicious, full of energy and cost effective.

"Not only is the cost of making them less than half that of biscuits using health grains like oats and ragi, the processing of millets also gives a distinct aroma which adds another characteristic to the biscuits," one of the researchers explained. Pointing out that the project had been taken up as micronutrient malnutrition has been a persistent problem in the country, the researchers pointed out that a large number of child deaths are caused by malnutrition, particularly lack of vitamin A, iron, iodine, zinc and folic acid.

Releasing the biscuits at a programme organized as part of the ongoing National Nutrition Week, Gitam University VC Prof G Subrahmanyam said that

the newly developed biscuits can enhance the health of consumers and support the government initiative to eradicate malnutrition among children. He said the varsity was open to tying up with any fast moving consumer good company keen on marketing their biscuits.

Noting that the ministry of food processing and industries is supporting Gitam in establishing a cashew processing unit as part of the government's efforts to train local youth in the food processing sector, he said Vizag has a good potential to house food processing industries.

The Gitam VC said that trained human resource is highly needed in the coming years to cater to the growing demand for manpower in the food processing sector. He suggested that researchers prepare healthier and tastier next generation of foods with a more user friendly ingredient list.

The Times of India, 5 September, 2014, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Gita
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The Times of India, 5 September, 2014, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Gitam-scholars-patent-millet-biscuits/articleshow/41747086.cms


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