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Title:

Technology Development for Production of Pullulan
Value Proposition:

Pullulan production using an osmotolerant strain of Aureobasidium pullulans having heat sealable with good oxygen barrier properties.
Summary Application:

Pullulan has found wide application in food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic industries
Advantages:
  • It is an excellent film-former, producing a film which is heat sealable with good oxygen barrier properties and which can also be printed.
  • Pullulan can be formed into capsules for use with pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology
CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology[CSIR-IMTECH]
:  director[at]imtech[dot]res[dot]in
:91-172-2690550
:https://www.imtech.res.in
Industrial Applications: Biomolecules [Biological Science] Biotechnology [Biological Science] Fermentation [Food, Beverages, Tobacco] Nutraceuticals [Drugs and Pharmaceuticals]