Major Initiatives & Achievements in Food & Nutrition

Under the food and nutritional sciences programme the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is fostering translational research and is developing novel products and processes and to generate new knowledge, which can be utilised by the industry. Some of the notable achievements this year are highlighted below.

Food Formulations for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children

  • The Ready to Use Food (RUTF) supplement with brand name BIB POSHAN, was developed with financial support from DBT.RUTF is equivalent to the F-100 formula (milk-based) used at hospitals across India, but is instead made as a paste that can be safely given to a child to ....
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