Six food products with high nutritional value, developed by scientists at the CSIR-CFTRI in Mysuru, will be formally released here on Wednesday. These foods have been developed as part of CFTRI’s ‘Nutri-Food Intervention for Combating Malnutrition among Children’.
Mysuru had been identified as a pilot district under the project, funded by CSIR. A team of scientists studied the food served to pre-school children in anganwadis in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district.
These foods were on display at a few stalls during an exhibition organised as part of Open Days on the sprawling campus of CFTRI here on Tuesday.
Rice-milk mix, Spirulina choco-cereal bar, nutri chikki with added Spirulina, high-protein rusk, fortified mango bar and sesame paste are the products.
Scientist Jyothi Lakshmi told The Hindu that the high-energy foods address nutritional deficiencies in children.
