FOOD COMPOSITION

  • Develops nutritional database on cooked foods
  • Establishes the laboratory facility with state of the art technology for the accurate and reliable determination of various nutrients, anti-nutrients and bio-active phytonutrients in foods.
  • Produces trained young scientist, doctoral fellows, technical personnel in food composition to serve the country.
  • Builds Capacity in sample collection and food composition analysis methods at national and international levels.
  • Conducts studies on understanding the food systems of different indigenous populations of our country including tribal populations.
  • Only lab in the world which has the facility to assess all micro and macronutrients in foods with high quality international standards

STAFF

  1. Dr. R. Ananthan, Scientist E