Inside BENEO’s new pulse plant: pioneering sustainable protein from faba beans
Direct marketing and selling are becoming key words in the Indian industry as both the concepts are fast catching up and they are rapidly emerging as new business channels. They have potential to enhance the
Is cooking an art or chemistry? Marcel Boulestin, the first cook-turned-television star of late 1930s, resolved this dilemma when he categorically said, “Cooking is not chemistry, but an art as it requires instinct and taste
Now that the Food Safety Standards Authority have notified in the gazette the draft nutraceuticals regulations it is expected to open a new chapter in innovations in India in the area of food and supplements.
The noodles controversy in the country is getting dragged too long like the long noodles itself and has widen also with one more brand added to it. It started with Nestle’s Maggi brand noodles and
First the sweet news. After a gap of 6 months, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) finally has a full time Chairman with the appointment of Ashish Bahuguna. Add to this two
Nutrition is a poorly understood concept in India. The percentage of our fellow citizens, who are correctly nourished, is quite small. As per a survey conducted by WHO India– ICMR, about 24% of urban and
The advances made using biotechnology tools to create genetically engineered products are appreciated and accepted by the people in medicine, pharmaceuticals or industrial applications. But, the same ‘Recombinant DNA’ technology silently absorbed in the welfare
Discussion about genetically-modified organisms (GMO) often focusses on the fear of Frankenstein-like creatures that might be created in the laboratory. GMOs are defined as ‘‘organisms whose genetic make-up or DNA has been altered in a
Some time back the Prime Minister of India, reportedly at the behest of BJP and some of the Civil Society Organisations, halted all trials on GM crops that were ongoing in India. It may be
The twentieth century has seen remarkable gains in health. Average life expectancy in developing countries was only 40 years in C Health determinants For the general health of the Indians there is needed a balancing