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After the palmy motorboat of assorted millet-based products during the International Year of Millets, which besides drew the attraction of the Government of India, the Mysuru-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) has present shifted its absorption to processing precocious nutrient technologies. These see foods for astronauts (space foods), endurance-enhancing foods for sportspersons (sports foods), and nutrition-rich foods for the aged (geriatric foods).
Acting connected inputs from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), scientists astatine the premier nutrient probe institute are presently moving connected peculiar nutrient technologies, including a three-meal nutrition kit for elder and super-senior citizens.
“Our people is to make these foods by 2030. Unlike the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) successful Mysuru, which develops specialised technologies for the Indian equipped forces, our enactment is focused connected foods for abstraction missions. We are processing foods for astronauts with a peculiar accent connected bony health, arsenic bone-related issues person been identified arsenic a concern. Besides CFTRI, different CSIR laboratories person besides joined this initiative. Our extremity is to present these nutrient technologies arsenic advised by CSIR by 2030,” said Giridhar Parvatham, CFTRI director.
Speaking connected the sidelines of GI Mahotsav 3.0, an inaugural of the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises to beforehand India’s practice done Geographical Indication (GI) products, held astatine the CFTRI campus, the manager said that earthy endurance-enhancing drinks for athletes are besides an country of focus.
Citing demographic projections, helium noted that astir 100 cardinal radical successful the state volition beryllium aged 60 oregon above, oregon connected the threshold of turning 60, by 2047. “In presumption of this, we person been tasked with processing foods champion suited for the geriatric population,” helium said.
Prof. Parvatham besides highlighted that CFTRI transferred 94 technologies to the Government of Kerala successful a azygous initiative, earning a gross of ₹50 lakh. “Our technologies are accessible to everyone. A fig of technologies are transferred annually, and individuals, NGOs, institutions, startups, and industries avail our technologies successful a large way,” helium added.
The manager said that CFTRI has developed the millet bun successful collaboration with McDonald’s. “For the upcoming taste festival astatine the Red Fort successful New Delhi, we person been asked to proviso millet buns to visitors connected each the days,” helium said.
Artificial Intelligence successful nutrient exertion is different emerging tract the institute is actively moving on. “AI is playing a large role, and its benefits indispensable beryllium leveraged to make caller technologies successful nutrient processing,” the CFTRI manager added.
