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Opinion
How Food Fraud Plays with Consumer Safety and Brand Reputation

How Food Fraud Plays with Consumer Safety and Brand Reputation

Food fraud is fast becoming one of the most heinous crimes committed against humanity. It is a much bigger problem than assumed and, unfortunately, one of the most widespread crimes worldwide. As such, food fraud

Nutritionals
Millets: Key to Food and Nutrition Security

Millets: Key to Food and Nutrition Security

Dietary patterns in India have shifted away from traditional staple food grains, which were largely millets, towards the post-green revolution staples such as wheat and rice. This dietary shift from traditional to ‘modern’ foods is

Ingredients
Why Natural Food Colours are way forward

Why Natural Food Colours are way forward

Rising consumer awareness about the harmful side effects associated with synthetic additives & colours, the growing clean label trends as well as stringent labelling requirements in major markets are driving the demand for natural colours

Food
India turns Lucrative Turf for Foreign Brands

India turns Lucrative Turf for Foreign Brands

Several forces are transforming Indians’ consumption of food and drink products, creating an attractive market for international brands. In particular, factors such as rising incomes, a growing preference for convenience food, a greater willingness to

Technologies
How Genome Sequencing Prevents  Foodborne Outbreaks

How Genome Sequencing Prevents Foodborne Outbreaks

The Indian food industry has been adopting various Food Safety Management Systems to meet the customer and industry requirements, for which Genome Sequencing has proved to be a powerful tool in the US, England, Thailand,

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Exuding Exuberant Leadership- Women’s Day Special

Exuding Exuberant Leadership- Women’s Day Special

Women continue to sustain the quest to make a mark in the workplace and balance their personal and family life. Pandemic or not, woman power has not diminished one bit, and it shows in their

Doctors & Nutritionists
Nutrition interventions for development of geriatric foods in India

Nutrition interventions for development of geriatric foods in India

With advancing age, the capacity to digest and tolerate large meals often decreaseMany across the world have touted India’s large young population to be its strength, but this demographic trend is slowly changing. With improving

Supplier
Tetra Pak unveils first Made in India holographic packaging with Warana Dairy

Tetra Pak unveils first Made in India holographic packaging with Warana Dairy

The innovative packaging called Tetra Pak® Reflect is for 1 litre Ghee packsTetra Pak has introduced its first ever locally manufactured holographic packaging material in India. The innovative packaging, called Tetra Pak® Reflect, has been launched in

Latest News
Study highlights that vitamins cannot treat COVID-19

Study highlights that vitamins cannot treat COVID-19

Vitamin C, vitamin D and zinc were not found to lessen a patient’s chance of dying from COVID-19A new review of COVID-19 hospitalization data by researchers at The University of Toledo in the US has

Research
RRI tunes properties of gold-nanorods for detection of food contamination

RRI tunes properties of gold-nanorods for detection of food contamination

Tuning of properties of Gold-nanorods using DC electric field paves way for more efficient way of detecting food contaminationIn a recent study, researchers at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru have found that properties of