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CFTRI has developed over 270 products, processes and equipment designs, and close to 1600 licensees have availed themselves of 160 of these technologies for commercial exploitation. The achievements have been of considerable industrial value, social importance and national relevance, and coupled with the institute's wide-ranging facilities and services, have created an extensive impact on the Indian food industry and Indian society at large: Infant food formulation using buffalo milk - Radically altered India's baby food scenario, by a breakthrough technology that helped establish today's flourishing indigenous baby food industry. - Saved India from critical dependence on baby food imports Technology for spice oils and oleoresins. - Enabling the Indian industry to generate foreign exchange worth over 500 million rupees annually. Technology for storage and moisture control of coffee beans - Enabling the Indian coffee industry to generate an income of 6 billion rupees annually. Process for products with built-in convenience to prepare traditional Indian snack items - The basis for 90% of India's annual production of convenience products (worth a few million rupees) for traditional foods. Technology for flavour concentrates for manufacturing aerated orange, lime/lemon and cola beverages - A powerful thrust for indigenisation of India's soft drink industry Food supplement formulations, using plant protein resources (such as oilseed cakes) as nutritious base [e.g., Energy Food, weaning foods (particularly those based on malted cereals/millets and germinated greengram), Bal-ahar and Miltone.] - Received worldwide acclaim as India's pioneering work . - Adopted extensively in nutrition intervention programmes, right across the country (Energy Food, in particular). - Indian Multipurpose Food used in mid-day meal programmes, distributed to even foreign countries through voluntary agencies; and Nutro biscuits distrubuted extensively in hospitals and disaster relief programmes through the Red Cross and social welfare agencies. Technology for fermentation/ drying of cocoa- mass /- butter/- powder - Enabling the Indian confectionery industry and cocoa farmers, with indigenous know-how. Package of technologies for export of fresh fruit by ship - A novel concept for shipping mango, banana, citrus fruits and grapes from India to western countries. - Employed by vendors of fresh fruits and vegetables in metro cities of India. Several indigenous mill designs and milling techniques - A major driving force in modernisation of the Indian rice mill industry - Enabling promotion of yield, reduction of breakage, and enhancement of bran value in the industry. Technologies for modernisation of oilseed processing and pulse processing (Part of a National Mission) - Enabling the modernisation of oilseed/ pulse processing industry in India. - Promoting the yield as well as the quality of the products of the industry. Technologies for food protection - Enabling safer and more effective protection of India's precious food grains, from insects, rodents and microbes. - Adopted by various agencies at the national level Technologies for manufacturing leaf-cups and papads - Fostered a thriving home-scale industry all over India. Technology for manufacturing plastic pouches - Used extensively in the packaging of milk and edible oils in India Technology for manufacturing plant growth hormones from agricultural wastes - A big success story in India, with achievements of (15-30)% growth Several technologies for manufacturing tasty meat, fish and poultry products - Generating newer and varied opportunities for gainful employment Facilities for testing/analysis of food materials and products - Highly trusted source for guaranteeing food safety and quality to the Indian consumer. - Analysing thousands of food items every year, under PFA and FPO, for Indian industries, government agencies and appellate authorities - Key role in raising the quality consciousness of the Indian food industry. Forums for development of human resources - Holding India's image high in the world of training, academic studies and advanced research. - Producing top quality professionals for managing India's 50 billion rupee food processing industry. - Over half of India's roller flour mills managed by the alumni of ISMT. - Training food technologists to manage food processing industries in over 40 developing countries. Environment for advancement of knowledge - Contributing about 250 research and technical publications every year to the world literature on food knowledge Top |
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