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Amul eyes the Japanese market
Though GCMMF failed in its first attempt to enter the Japanese market in 1994, the
federation has recently seen a ray of hope in this regard. This optimism comes after a
delegation of Japan's Agriculture and Livestock Industry Corp (ALIC) responded positively
post its visit to GCMM F's facilities processing units in Gujarat. Commenting in this
context, BM Vyas, MD, GCMMF said, "After the visit, they were shell-shocked to say
the least about the volumes we handle and the hi-tech facilities. They realised that
not only is India the largest milk producer but that we also have world-class
processing capability." ...more>> |
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In
The Current Issue Of TFPJ |
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The plus factor
 Do you know that French fries are only
86 per cent potato; the other 11
ingredients include partially
hydrogenated vegetable oil, rice flour,
dextrose, corn syrup solids and salt. Chicken
grills contain 19 food ingredients. Cheddar
cheese slices include 'cheese flavouring',
trisodium citrate, diphosphates,
polyphosphates and sorbic acid as food
additives. This is just a sample of the impact
of food additives in our food consumption.
After liberalisation, Indian dietary habits have
changed a lot and also diversified. This is
greatly due to increased imported food and
diversified processed food. Changes in dietary
habits and diversified food, can affect food
additive intake to a large extent. Hence, it is
necessary to identify the current additive
intake for safety evaluation. ... more>> |
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Wonder guard
 Chitosan is the second most abundant
natural biopolymer on earth.
Chitosan, the deacetylated, non-toxic
derivative of chitin is a copolymer of ß-(1, 4)-
2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose and ß-(1, 4)-
2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose units (Figure 1)
and a naturally occurring component in shells
of crustaceans and cell walls of fungi.
Crustacean waste contains 14 to 35 per
cent of chitosan on a dry weight basis and
seafood processing industries generate more
than 1.2 x 105 metric tonnes of such waste
annually. Chitosan, though being abundant
and having numerous applications, has yet to
find utilisation on large scale because of its
limited solubility in water. Chitosan is soluble. ...more>>
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