The word “flavor” is abundantly used in our daily conversations, bringing up ideas of rich, vivid experiences that extend beyond the simple act of eating. A substance’s flavor includes its...
There is a lot of news about processed foods containing chemicals. Some are telling us that we should only eat home-cooked food and others are telling us that use only organic grains and fruits and vegetables...
Vada pav has become a global phenomenon. That pav was the earliest western bread that Indians knew when Portuguese introduced it many centuries ago. Indians had their own varieties of bread, both leavened and...
With the onset of 3D printing now you can print your food with the desired texture, flavour, size, and even shape. If you wish for a pizza with your personalized nutritional needs, or chocolate in any...
Presently, mankind is facing the biggest challenge of the growing global population. According to one WHO report, the world population was 7.6 billion in 2017 and will reach 8.6 billion in 2030, which will be...
Although Indians do have a large proportion of people who eat meat and fish, the overall diet of Indians is vegetarian including non-veg consumers. Thus cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables become a very...
Milk is everyone’s favourite. It is the only food for infants. It is highly nutritious and is needed by children for their growth both physical and mental. It is recommended for young and old and also the...
There has been some perception in the minds of consumers and activists that processing may be causing losses of nutrients and that home cooked foods using unprocessed ingredients in the market may be better...
We have all enjoyed a sweet jam on bread or jelly sprinkled with sugar, at least once in our life. If so, then we are no strangers to the gels in our food. Gels are found in a lot of our everyday food products...
Because of the weather changes and the fear of consequent food insecurity, many advocated that we should consume less animal-based products including meat etc. Animal foods need much more resources than plant...
Mangoes are considered king of fruits in India and summers bring in the season for mangoes. Not only the vendors are seen selling around mangoes, but also there are various delicacies of mango that starts getting...
When the heat approaches, kids get excited about eating ice creams. Even adults become kids and start looking at ever increasing flavours in ice creams. Consumption of ice cream in India keeps increasing with the...
What is Aseptic Processing? Aseptic Processing is sterilizing a product and filling it in and sealing the sterile container in a sterile environment so that microbes do not enter the product. When the product is...
In the past, the only frozen food we enjoyed was ice cream. However, now we are seeing all kinds of frozen foods in the market. We not only see fish, meat and vegetables which are cut, trimmed, cleaned and frozen but we...
Food processing has a long history. When people were consuming fruits, vegetables, milk, meat and fish, they found that most of these foods can be stored for short times before they start spoiling. The foods start...
There are several ways to add nutrients or ‘fortificants’ to food products. They can sometimes be added directly to the food before cooking or processing. However, some of the vitamins might be heat sensitive and will...
If you read our previous blog, you’ve learned about fortification and how it can help a large group of people. For those who haven’t read it, fortification is when nutrients are added to food staples to address...
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