Technology Needs for Food Sector
Additives/Preservatives for Food Sector
Confectionery
• Citric Acid – Acid Meilic —-Fumeric Acid
• Food grade flavors – they are imported in final form. Also imported as raw and blended in Pakistan
• Gum base – it is imported in high volume and used in gum production
• Liquid glucose — imported in high volume and also locally made by small firms/vendors.
• Baking fat stable- imported and highly used in cream of all kind of sandwich biscuits
• Food grade colors – currently non-food grade colors are used in confectionery, which has very dangerous effects on health.
General food industry
- Culture – it imported and used in dairy industry in high volume
- Pectin – it is imported and highly used in packed food- jam, jelly, etc
- Asorbic Acid –
- Calcium chloride-
- Potassium sorbate
- Sodium benzoate
- Vitamin A, B, C and D
- Developing process of extraction and refining of rice bran oil
- Designing bioreactor for enzyme production (dairy and allied sector)
- Developing low cost packaging for bottled water
- Developing solar based water cleaning process for rural domestic usage
Specific to Ghee and Oil Industry
• Fuller earth
• Activated carbon
• Vitamin A and D
• Nickle Catalyst