KochiConstituents of food – Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Water, Vitamins and Minerals, Dietary sources, Role and functional properties in food, Contribution to organoleptic and textural characteristics, Biotechnology in relation to the food industry.Classification, Intentional and non-intentional additives, Functional role in food processing – Meat, Fisheries, Vegetables, Dairy products and Preservation,...
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Sainsbury, the British supermarket giant, today revealed that cost-cutting and sales growth drove interim profits up 19 per cent to £307 million.The figure was towards the higher end of forecasts which ranged from £296 million to £308 million.Shares in Sainsbury's rose 3.14p to 337.9p in early trading, despite the grocer reiterating its warning that falling inflation meant growth would slow in the...
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Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) today released a report from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), which recommends clear objectives be set for all users of a simpler, globally accepted food supply chain that can benefit from existing commercial systems.CFSAN commissioned the IFT report in 2008 as part of the agency's ongoing examination of food...
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Supermarkets are donating food past its sell-by date to charity, following the official launch of a new food bank.Re-plenish, based in Oxford, picks up ingredients which cannot be sold, but have not passed their use-by date.Food banks are non-profit making organisations which distribute food to charities. It is thought to be the first time supermarkets have signed up.Two supermarkets have so far joined...
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The government today said it plans to increase the level of food processing by over threefold to 20 per cent by 2015 with a view to raise the country's share in global processed food products market."Vision 2015 Document has been finalised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, which envisages tripling the size of the processed food sector by increasing the level of processing of perishables...
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FMCG player Himalya International today said it has signed a deal with US-based firm 'Preffered Vegetarian' for developing food products. "Board of the company sealed the technical collaboration with Preffered Vegetarian Inc'," Himalya International said in a statement. The company said, the New York-based consultant has assisted Himalya in developing low fat, vitamin fortified, Real fruit Yogurts,...
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NEW DELHI: Investment opportunities in the Indian food industry are set to shoot up by a huge 42.5% now to US$ 181 billion in 2015 and to US$ 318 billion by 2020, a FICCI-E&Y study on India's food industry has said. The study Flavours of Incredible India_____Opportunities in the Food Industry has noted that the food industry accounts for a big 30% of the consumers wallet. Infact, 70% of the current...
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that the vision document 2015 has been prepared in order to increase the level of processing and to promote food processing industries to exploit both the domestic and international market potential for processed food products.In a written statement to the lower house, the Union Food Processing Industries Ministersaid: “The vision document envisages tripling the size of the processed food sector by...
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MUMBAI: Credit offtake has been slowly gathering steam since August 2009. Although demand has not been steady, loan disbursements have seen a general upturn in the past three months. For instance, while outstanding bank credit saw a small dip in the fortnight ended October 23, bank loans have again risen in the fortnight ended November 6. Between October 30 and November 6, loans have dipped Rs 10,065...
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MUMBAI: After recording strong growth for four consecutive fortnights, loans have again dipped in the latest fortnight ending October 23. Though banks have scaled down their loan target for the year, bankers are hopeful that the second half will be better than the first half. According to latest figures released by the Reserve Bank total loans including food credit - loans to Food Corporation of India...
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