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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicProcessed food

Topic: processed food

Gujarat is the hub of India’s potato revolution. Feeding the world frozen fries

The aloo is being reborn in Gujarat, where much of India’s processed potato production takes place. Scientists, farmers, and entrepreneurs have turned frozen potatoes into a global product.

Can’t stop munching your ‘healthy’ quinoa snacks or cornflakes? You better read this

Nutrition experts have urged govt to introduce a bill to define ‘healthy foods’, citing rising incidence of lifestyle diseases in India, in a letter to health ministry last week.

Earth is reaching its expiry date. Better food processing and packaging is key to its health

The world currently wastes a third of the food it produces due to various factors from lack of infrastructure to unsustainable consumption.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.