CSIR produces Protein Enriched Biscuits for COVID-19 patients

 



The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR-CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute) has made protein rich biscuits for COVID-19 patients. The biscuits have been sent to the COVID-19 patients in AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Science).

The CFTRI has so far supplied 500 kg of protein-rich biscuits. Also, another 500 kg of protein-rich rusks have been supplied. The usual biscuits contain 8% to 9% of protein. However, these enriched biscuits and rusks contain 14% of protein.

The biscuits will help COVID-19 patients that are recuperating. Recuperating is recovering from illness. Protein is essential for the body to fight against infection. It balances fluids and increases oxygen supply throughout the body. The biscuits have been formulated strictly adhering to FSSAI standards.

The biscuits consist of ingredients such as wheat flour, hydrogenated fat, soy protein, whey protein, milk solids and glucose.

The formula for preparing the biscuits was discovered by CSIR-CFTRI. It is to be manufactured by Seven Seas Private Limited.



On April 18, 2020, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) developed Personal Protective Cover all suit. The suit has been produced with polypropylene spun multilayered non-woven fabric.


The Polypropylene spun suit can be used to ensure safety of doctors, paramedical staff, health care workers and nurses. The CSIR-NAL is to produce 30,000 suits per day. The main benefit of the suit is that it is competitive in prices as compared to other suits that are being imported.


It is to be noted that China sent 1,70,000 Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kits. Of these around 50,000 failed to pass safety tests conducted by DRDO. In order to avoid these situations, it is important to boost PPE manufactured in locally.

India is currently importing PPE from Singapore, China. India has also banned the export of PPE to avoid shortage of PPE kits in the country.

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