CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL
RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CFTRI)
MANDATE
- To develop post-harvest
technologies for efficient protection, conservation and processing of agricultural
produce.
- To help increase
efficiency and productivity in food industry through development of appropriate
technologies.
- To develop technologies
for export-oriented value-added agricultural products from horticultural
and plantation source.
- To design and
fabricate prototype food processing machinery and design.
- To assist food
industry through consultancy, contract research, and other technical support
services.
- To run an effective
information service in the field of food science and technology.
- To develop human
resource in the area of food processing and conservation.
MAIN FACILITIES
- Modern 20 tonnes/day
capacity roller flour mill (Swiss made) for training technical personnel
for India's wheat milling industry.
- Research-cum-training
abattoir with modern equipment for processing meat of different animals.
- Fully equipped
analytical quality control laboratory for developing food standards and
testing samples of food products appearing in India's internal markets
and export trade.
- Pilot plant
and workshop with an array of equipment and machinery for process scale
up and scientific study of unit operations having a bearing on food.
- A functional
package testing laboratory for assessing packaging of food materials.
- Modern analytical
laboratories specializing in analysis of food.
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
- Development
of efficient processes for handling, drying and milling to avoid qalitative
and quantitative losses in rice, refinement of millets and their diversified
products with enhanced nutritutive value.
- Design and development
of energy efficient and cost effective machinery for milling rice, wheat,
maize and pulses.
- Development
of cost effective and nutritous food formulations based on plant proteins
e.g. Miltone and enteral food, for meeting the requirements of welfare
programmes covering vulnerable low income sections.
- Development
of protocols, formulations, equipment and know-how for safe food protection
from the attack of insects, rodents, microbes and other vectors.
- Development
of value-added products from plantation produce, e.g. dry green pepper,
essential oils and oleoresins and their fractionation from spices for export
trade; indigenous know-how for cocoa products.
- Development
of flavour concentrates for soft drink industry: cola beverages, citrus
fruit derived drinks, liquefied and clarified fruit juices from banana
and guava.
- Development
of durable and shelf-stable convenience food formulations and packages
for traditional foods/dishes of India for urban markets and export trade,
e.g. jamun, jilebi, vada, dosa, idli, rasam, sambar, curries and spice
based mixes.
- Development
of infant food formulations using buffalo milk, paving the way for establishment
of indigenous baby food industry.
- Development
of know-how for handling, grading, packing and shiping of tropical fruits
of India for export trade: mango, orange, banana and grape.
- Modernization
of oilseed milling industry through development of technologies for higher
yield and superior quality of edible oil and utilization of byproducts.
- Development
of papad and leaf cup making machinery for cottage industry.
- Development
of technology for manufacture of plant growth harmones from agricultural
wastes with a 15-30% growth promoting potential.
DIRECTOR
Dr. V. Prakash, Ph.D..,
F. A. Sc., F. A. F. S. T.
CONTACT ADDRESS
Mysore 570 013.
Telephone: (091)821-517760.
Telegram : FOODSEARCH,
MYSORE.
Telex
: 846-241 FTRI IN.
Fax
: (091)821 516308.
E-mail
: director@nicfos.ernet.in.
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Technological Research Institute, Mysore.
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