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Sehgal Foundation, Smart Food align big initiatives

Sehgal Foundation, Smart Food align big initiatives

This will bring more attention to Smart Foods like millet, sorghum and grain legumes.Charitable Trust Sehgal Foundation is aligning some big initiatives with the Smart Food Endowment Fund to help create a bigger movement. This

Research
ICAR – ICRISAT finalise 5-year action plan

ICAR – ICRISAT finalise 5-year action plan

This plan will focus on technologies especially suited to harsh conditions of the drylands.A five-year plan for Indian agricultural research has been finalised with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between one of

Global
Sustainable Bioproducts secures $33M series A funding

Sustainable Bioproducts secures $33M series A funding

Biotech startup developing breakthrough food technology.Sustainable Bioproducts, a US based biotechnology company developing a new way to grow edible protein, has raised $33 million in Series A financing from premier venture capital funds and two

Feature
Future market insights of Soy protein ingredients: DuPont

Future market insights of Soy protein ingredients: DuPont

The market for protein ingredients is anticipated to expand at a significant rate over the next 5 years as consumption of high protein foods expands. In the food and beverage industry, the “high-protein” movement has

Feature
Ayurvedic approach for cancer treatment

Ayurvedic approach for cancer treatment

Cancer treatment in Ayurveda does not only focus on the area of the malignancy but on the entire system, as the whole organism must be returned to harmony for the disease to be treated permanently

Events
PAU organizes training course on potato processing

PAU organizes training course on potato processing

22 participants including potato growers, Krishi Vigyan Kendra scientists, small entrepreneurs and startups attended this course.The Department of Food Science and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), recently organized a three day training course on Processing

Policy
FSSAI issues direction regarding wheat flour nomenclature

FSSAI issues direction regarding wheat flour nomenclature

Food Business Operators (FBOs) are using term Wheat Flour as English nomenclature for Maida on the label of the food products.The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a direction under Food

Technologies
CFTRI conducts skill development programme on baking technology

CFTRI conducts skill development programme on baking technology

The proposed skill development program focuses on important areas of baking and healthy baked products.Mysuru based CSIR-CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute) is in the process of launching Skill Development Programmes (SDP) such as baking

Supplier
KanPak US unveils new warehouse

KanPak US unveils new warehouse

KanPak partnered with Arco Construction to complete the $11 million project in less than a year. KanPak U.S. (KanPak), a leading supplier of beverages and desserts using aseptic processing technology and a subsidiary of Golden

Policy
Interim Budget 2019- Rs 750 Cr for Rashtriya Gokul Mission to impact Dairy Industry

Interim Budget 2019- Rs 750 Cr for Rashtriya Gokul Mission to impact Dairy Industry

Allocation of Rs.750 crore for Rashtriya Gokul Mission has been announced for the current year itself. Interim Budget 2019-20 has been presented in the Parliament by the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Railways &