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World Food India Hackathon Winner Announcement
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Posted on : 10 Nov 2017

The World Food India 2017 Hackathon challenge was organized with a focus on harnessing the rich talent and skills of students, start-ups, and technology enthusiasts, to develop IT enabled innovative solutions, for challenges faced by the Food Processing Sector.

CSIR-IHBT DEVELOPS AGROTECHNOLOGY AND IMPROVED CULTIVAR OF STEVIA – AN EXCELLENT LOW-CALORIE NATURAL SWEETENER
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Posted on : 11 Sep 2017

STEVIA (Stevia rebaudiana) is natures’ sweetner, which offers a lifeline to millions of diabetics as it comes without the risks associated with sugar consumption – a natural sweet gift for millions of diabetics who were deprived from the sweet quotient in their daily life.

CSIR technology aids sugarcane juice preservation — India’s answer to sugary soft drinks
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Posted on : 28 Jan 2017

Sugarcane juice can easily be India’s answer to sugary soft drinks which are widely believed to refresh the body after jogging, aerobics and exercise. The fact is that drinking one can of soda per day can increase the risk of developing type-2 diabetes by 22 per cent.