Studies on Value Addition to Rice Bran By Extrusion Technology

Abstract

The awareness among people in regard to a healthy life style has moved them newlinetowards the consumption of nutrient-rich ready-to-eat foods. The consumption of such newlinenutrient-rich foods are getting attraction due to various health benefits such as low newlinerisk of heart diseases, lowering of blood cholesterol levels, decrease of atherosclerosis newlinedisease and protection against cancer. The preparation and production of such food newlineproducts is posing a challenge to food industries. All such consumable products can newlinebe significantly developed by incorporation of various food by-products/wastes and newlinethus the conversion of such industrial wastes to valuable food items will not only newlinemaintain the cost of food products low, but also relieve stress on land resources. Now newlineaday, extruded snack foods are a significant part of diet world widely. newline