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National Street Food Fest concludes on positive note

The three-day National Street Food Festival concluded on a high note by tickling the palate of many foodies. The event was organised by National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. The main aim of the event was to bring various authentic street food cuisines across India under one roof.

Trends In New Generation Foods

The wellness industry itself is undergoing functional and structural changes and more focused on prevention of chronic diseases concept than simply maintaining health. This movement is currently experiencing renewed impetus as several food/nutritional components are being employed as medicines, either directly or as prodrugs. My intention here is to cover entire range of functional foods, dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, medical foods, natural medicines etc. under “New Generation Foods”.

Hepatitis - A Leading Cause Of Death

World Hepatitis Day (WHD) takes places every year on 28 July and brings the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. One of just four disease-specific global awareness days officially endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), WHD unites patient organisations, governments, medical professionals, civil society, industry and the general public to boost the global profile of viral hepatitis.

Fortification Is The Perfect Yacht To Drive Out Malnutrition

Fortification Is The Perfect Yacht To Drive Out Malnutrition

Healthy Products Set To Become Popular

Health and wellness is set to continue to record strong value growth in the coming years due to rising consumer health awareness and disposable incomes. Naturally healthy products are also set to become increasingly popular, given the perception that they are healthier and less expensive than fortified/functional and Better For You alternatives.

New Guidelines Set For Lucrative Market For Imported Food

The imported food sector in India is growing strongly, albeit from a very small base, on the back of rising incomes, changing lifestyles and retail expansion. Changing lifestyles and the boom in organised retailing have resulted in growing demand for imported food and drink in India.

Old wine in a new bottle

Functional foods are also foods that have components or ingredients added to give it a specific medical or physiological benefit in addition to a purely nutritional effect.

Budget

What does the food processing sector expect from Union Budget 2017-18?

Platform for regulators, F&B to tighten screws in food biz

Food scandals have been making headlines in India in the recent past. Launched and conceptualised by Inventicon Business Intelligence Pvt Ltd., the Third Annual Food Quality & Safety Congress India (FQS) is one of the prominent conferences that brings regulators, F&B manufacturers with analytical services and testing companies together to discuss best practices in aligning food quality and safety systems with FSSAI’s changes and instrumentation standards.

Industry Looks For Active Regulatory Control

The growth in nutraceuticals is seen largely driven by the consumer’s lifestyle that is impacted by faster pace of life, thereby taking a toll on health and wellness.

Drink technology India focus on Industry 4.0 concept

The drink technology India conference on packaging design, innovation and technology, organised by IPPStra and Messe Dusseldorf, addressed the packaging development cycle and workflow across the supply chain, with focus on the Industry 4.0 concept.

Skill Development Challenges Facing Food Analysis

Food analyst should have acumen to decide product category as stated in regulations, applicable test methods and specifications to be followed.

Rural FMCG Market Offers Better Growth Opportunities

Rural FMCG Market Offers Better Growth Opportunities

Securing Food Safety In The Nutra-Chain

Securing Food Safety In The Nutra-Chain

The Sparkling Potential Of Making Exotic Fruit Wines

Wines made from tropical fruits like jamun and kokum has additional health benefits, and opens up basket of business opportunities.

FSSAI Initiatives Bring Ease To Nutra Business

The FSSAI has notified the Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use, Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional Food and Novel Food) Regulations, 2016 in the Official Gazette on 23 December 2016. These regulations will come into force on their publication in the Gazette of India. However, the FSSAI has stipulated that Food Business Operators (FBOs) will need to comply with these regulations from 1 January 2018. In order to know the pulse of the market, NuFFooDS Spectrum’s Nitin Konde spoke with experts and FBOs to get know their take on this move.

IAP Recommends Practice Guideline For Pediatricians

Changing lifestyles with sedentary behaviour in children with indoor lifestyle further reduce the sunlight exposure and thus increase the tendency for vitamin D deficiency. Further, very few Indian foods are fortified with vitamin D, and that too, with small amounts. Premature babies and children with renal, hepatic disorders, malabsorptive states, etc. are at special risk for metabolic bone disease. Hence Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) has put forth recommendations for prevention and treatment of vitamin D and calcium deficiency.

FSSAI To Create Platform To Preserve India's Rich Culinary Heritage

India’s rich food heritage deserves a dedicated platform and with this underlying philosophy, India’s Food Authority has convened various stakeholders including Government bodies, food industry, celebrity chefs, food historians, columnists and bloggers.

India Sharpening Its Fortification Blade To Cut Down Malnutrition

The Global Nutrition Report 2017, released in November 2017 which looked at 140 countries including India, found ‘significant burdens’ of three important forms of malnutrition used as an indicator of broader trends. The report finds that while India has shown some progress in addressing under-5 stunting, it has made no progress or presents worse outcomes in the percentage of reproductive-age women with anaemia, and is of course in terms of reaching targets for reducing adult obesity and diabetes. The Global Nutrition Report highlights that the double burden of undernutrition and obesity needs to be tackled as part of India’s national nutrition strategy.

Trends In Food Technology

Food technology trends are moving towards more sustainable food processes which are easy on the environment and energy consumption. New biosensors are being invented to give the consumer an on-the-spot answer about the quality of food, nutrition and other aspects for customized consumption. Introducing new technologies or new ingredients has their set of challenges. New technologies need to be proven safe as well as the use of new ingredients and their impact on the human body need to be studied in depth and over a period of time so there is no unknown side effect.

Designer Foods And Supplements

Last week in the inflight magazine of Malaysian Airlines an interesting advertisement has appeared, which is reproduced (see fig). As you would see a very smart move to talk about Nutrigenomics and foods by an insurance firm really shook me. This firm is talking about health insurance policies by linking the health of the insured with their DNA and appropriate nutrition.

Latent Market in India for Nutraceuticals

India is one of the nations across the globe where the market of nutra-ceuticals and dietary supplements is growing enormously. Nutraceuticals and dietary supplements are sold in India under the name of Fast Moving Healthcare Goods.