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Title:

Dehydrated drumstick powder

Value Proposition:

Dehydrated drumstick powder offers a convenient, shelf-stable, and nutrient-rich form of a highly perishable vegetable. It retains essential vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds while enabling easy incorporation into daily diets. The product reduces post-harvest losses, provides a value added ingredient for food and nutraceutical industries, and supports health focused applications such as soups, sauces, and instant mixes, making it highly marketable for both domestic and export markets.

Summary Application:

Dehydrated drumstick powder is widely used in soups, sauces, curries, RTC meals, health drinks, and nutraceutical products. It is suitable for households, food service industries, and functional food manufacturing. The product is also used in dietary supplements and health oriented instant mixes, catering to consumers looking for natural, nutrient dense ingredients.

Advantages:

The powder offers long shelf life, easy storage, and portability. It retains nutritional value, color, and flavor of the fresh vegetable. Processing reduces post harvest wastage and ensures year round availability. It is convenient for both consumers and processors, versatile in culinary applications, and supports commercial scale production of value added foods.

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: Food Processes [Food, Beverages, Tobacco] Nutrition [Food, Beverages, Tobacco]
Patent(s): IN232950