(The Gist of PIB) Central Food Technological Research Institute  [MAY-2020]

(The Gist of PIB) Central Food Technological Research Institute

Central Food Technological Research Institute

• The Mysuru-based CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CRTRI) has made available high-protein biscuits to the COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment in the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi.

Key highlights: 

• CFTRI supplied 500 kg of high-protein biscuits and 500 kg of high-protein rusks to the Dietetics department of AIIMS to supply to the patients. The biscuits were supplied on request from the officials of the Institute.
• The biscuits contain 14% of protein while usual biscuits contain around 8-9% protein. The enriched biscuits will provide the protein needed for recuperating patients.

About:

• CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), is one of the constituent laboratories under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
• It was opened in 1950 in Mysore, Karnataka.
• The institute develops technologies to increase efficiency and reduce post-harvest losses, add convenience, increase export, find new sources of food products, integrate human resources in food industries, reduce costs, and modernize

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