Author : Deepti N.Chaudhari 1
Date of Publication :19th April 2018
Abstract: Human body requires all the nutrients in proper and adequate quantity for proper growth and development. Today’s urban life is becoming more faster and faster that no one has enough time to take complete meal which can provide all the required nutrients to body . Therefore there is need of such food products which can provide a consumer with all the essential nutrients like Carbohydrates and Proteins in a single bite. Also today’s modern lifestyle aims at consuming food products with low fat content. Proto-bites is such an initiative taken by team of research scholars to develop a food product with high carbohydrate and protein content and low fat content which is perfectly suited for modern lifestyle. The product developed is free from Maida and wheat flour, thus it is gluten free. It consist of zero Trans fat and cholesterol. The product has high shelf life and is highly cost effective as it is produced from raw materials which are very cheap in cost. Therefore it can serve as concentrated source of nutrients for economically backward people of society in low cost .It has potent of antibiotic, antibacterial and antifungicidal properties
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