Bakery is a traditional activity and occupies an important place in food processing industry. Despite the advent of fully automatic and semi-automatic bread as well as biscuit making plants, a sizeable number of people ...

Chips are the most popular variety of snacks and they are consumed round the year by people of all age groups from all income segments. Potato chips are more popular than banana chips but banana chips have a special ...

Honey is a consumable product and it is also used extensively in making Ayurvedic medicines. Natural honey is always in demand round the year. Natural honey is obtained from honey bees and hence bee-keeping is a profitable ...

Betel nuts are consumed in large quantities across the country. It is a typical Indian habit and they are eaten by many purely as an addiction whereas some consume it assuming that it helps the digestive system. Apart ...

Blanching and roasting provides substantial value addition to the HPS groundnuts. Few years back, critical machines like colour sorters and whole nut or split nut blanchers were not manufactured in India and landed cost ...

Bakery products have become very popular throughout the country. Breads and biscuits are the most common products but other items like cakes, pastries, cream-rolls, cookies etc. are also not lagging far behind. These ...

Pineapple is one of the popular fruits and is liked by majority of the people irrespective of their age group. As is the case with most of the fruits and vegetables, their availability is limited during the year. Many ...

Cashews are cultivated mainly in Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa. Cashew processing is a well established activity in Kerala and Goa but it is yet to pick up in Maharashtra. Konkan region of Maharashtra is famous for cashews ...

Cashewnut Shell Liquid (CNSL) is a soft honey comb structure containing dark reddish brown viscose liquid. It is a by-product of the cashew industry which is the pericrap fluid of the nut. It is considered to be better ...

Spices are an integral part of the Indian diet since centuries and they are used in vegetarian and non-vegetarian food and snack preparations. They help enhance the taste of food. Some speciality spices are grown at ...