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Title:

Composite Bajra Bread

Value Proposition:

Bajra (Pearl millet) is widely used in southern part of India, mostly by poorer section of the population, in the form of roti and dumbling (muddle) and it is a rich source of minerals and vitamins.

Summary Application:

The institute has developed a process for bread containing suitably refined bajra flour. Refining of bajra is done by removing the husk, which is creamish green in colour to obtain a fine of 96% extraction

Advantages:

Bajra bread has great potential due to its better nutritional status, palatability, touch of familiar taste and above all variety and better affordability by the consumers at large.

Commercialization Status: Already Commercialised
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute[CSIR-CFTRI]
:  director[at]cftri[dot]res[dot]in
:91-821-2517760
:https://cftri.res.in
Industrial Applications: Post Harvest [Agriculture]
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