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Project to study nutritive values of foods

T. Lalith Singh

Research team also eyes trends on fast catching up processed food

HYDERABAD: A thorough overhaul of nutritive values of different foods consumed in the country is on the anvil with Hyderabad-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) setting out on an ambitious project, estimated to cost Rs. 20 crores, spread over a period of five years.

The data on nutritive value was last revised in 1971 and thereafter only updated. NIN research team feels time has come to revamp the old food composition data and also to have inputs on processed food that is fast catching up in the country.

In effect, the data provides composition in terms of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, fat, fibre content, essential acids and other nutrients in rice, cereals, vegetables and oils commonly used here.

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