Technologies

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Title:

Natural fermentative non-alcoholic beverage enriched with vitamin B12 by fermentation

Area:

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Focus Area:

Frugal Innovation, Food and Nutrition

Status:

Proof of Concept established

Patent:

Filed

Social Benefits:

The product reduces the vitamin B12 burden on society, and the venture creates rural employment.

Developing Agency:

Kamireddy Agro Foods Pvt Ltd (process of registration), Mysore, Karnataka

Technology Readiness Index:

TRL 4

Source Title:

Data sourced from Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

Brief Description

Description :

The project involves screening the Propionibacterium freudenreichii bacterium from milk and milk-based products, characterizing the organism, and using it to ferment fruit juices like cashew apple and pineapple, along with other bacteria like acetobacter. The result is a beverage containing 1.2 ug of vitamin B12 in one serving.

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