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Title:

Instant Mushroom Soup Mix

Value Proposition:

Instant mushroom soup mix provides a convenient, nutritious, and ready-to-cook solution for busy consumers. It delivers the natural flavor, aroma, and nutrients of mushrooms in a shelf stable format, reducing preparation time while ensuring consistent quality. The product is suitable for households, catering, and institutional kitchens, offering value addition to mushrooms and creating opportunities for food processors in the instant and health-focused foods market.

Summary Application:

Instant mushroom soup mix is widely used in households, hotels, hostels, and food service outlets for quick meal preparation. It is ideal for ready to cook snack options, corporate catering, and travel friendly foods. The product is also suitable for nutraceutical and functional food markets, appealing to health conscious consumers seeking fiber and protein rich diets.

Advantages:

The product offers long shelf life, ease of storage, and convenience of preparation. It retains natural mushroom flavor and nutrients. Lightweight and portable, it is easy to transport and consume. The mix reduces food waste and ensures consistent quality. Additionally, it allows value addition to fresh mushrooms and supports both small and large scale food processing operations.

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]