Nutraceuticals, a comprehensive term, is used to define any product possessing extra nutritional value on human health which is obtained from various food sources. They can be contemplated as non-specific biological therapies employed to encourage
The terms Nutrition and Pharmaceuticals together denotes Neutraceuticals. These are biological therapies for well-being. The philosophy of this therapy focuses mainly on prevention. Greek physician Hippocrates (known as the father of medicine) said “let food
As we are moving towards modernised era, our food is losing some traditional ways which used to serve the nutritional needs. Influence of working culture, changing lifestyle and reducing time to indulge in quality cooking
The two-day National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign–2017, which concluded in New Delhi recently, was inaugurated by Radha Mohan Singh, minister of agriculture and farmers’ welfare and addressed by Parshottam Rupala and Sudarshan Bhagat,
Minister of State for commerce and industry Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the orientation programme for the establishment of spice farmer producer companies (SFPCs) and buyer-seller meet in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, recently. Organised by Spices Board, it
The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru the premier national food and nutrition research institute - has launched its latest superfood, Teff. It has developed an agro-technology to suit Indian conditions for both white
Plucking and feasting on fresh, delectable jamuns is a favourite childhood pastime during summer months, but scientists at IIT Roorkee have found a novel use for the juicy Indian fruit—making inexpensive solar cells. Researchers used
Its India’s Yog Guru Baba Ramdev who has hit the media headlines once again and it not for any good reason. In a recent incident, Ramdev’s Patanjali Amala Juice has been removed from the shelves
Monsanto has completed a $50 million expansion at its Muscatine, Iowa plant. The expansion provides increases the formulations and packaging capacity at the plant to support the launch of Monsanto’s dicamba-tolerant trait technologies. “Iowa is
The Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for extending the validity of the existing Central Order, dated October 27, 2016, in respect of sugar by six months from April