Inside BENEO’s new pulse plant: pioneering sustainable protein from faba beans
South African Internet group Naspers could forge a strategic partnership with China’s Tencent Holdings to lead a $150-200 million investment in Swiggy. This development comes after SoftBank and Flipkart ended independent funding discussions with
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered that in laboratory tests and animal models, trehalose enhances the virulence of epidemic C. difficile lineages that predominate in patient infections. The increasing
Government has directed cooperatives to increase their share of milk procurement from farmers and has asked states to boost consumption by distributing it under various schemes like Midday Meal. The milk cooperatives have also
A group of scientists at the University of Queensland in Australia have developed the world’s first ‘speed breeding’ technique that can boost the production of the crop by up to three times. The speed
Retaliating to the report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Pawan Agarwal, CEO, FSSAI said that the auditor’s office had ignored the work the regulator has been doing recently, and had only assessed years upto
UK-headquartered online food delivery giant Deliveroo is gearing up to set up operations in the Indian market. Valued at $2 Bn, the Fidelity and T. Rowe Price-backed startup is reportedly looking to hire a country
The country’s top food regulator the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) plans to upgrade 15 laboratories across the country. Currently, after primary testing at local labs, the sample is sent to an
The government will establish a self-regulation platform for food companies, retailers stocking packaged food and fastfood restaurant chains, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) chief executive Pawan Agarwal said. The move will help
DuPont Nutrition and Health recently conducted an analysis on the health benefits of plant based sources. The review was organised by researchers who are past members of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, their colleagues and scientists
A joint report by ASSOCHAM and the global professional services firm EY (Ernst & Young) has suggested the Government of India a two-pronged strategy based on public-private partnership (PPP) mode to promote nutritious, diversified and resilient food production. In order to cater to the large