Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority(APEDA) has launched a variety of millet products for all age groups at affordable prices ranging from Rs 5 to Rs 15 at the AAHAR food fair.<\/span><\/p>\n AAHAR is <\/span>Asia\u2019s biggest B2B international food and hospitality fair.<\/b><\/p>\n Organized by: <\/b>APEDA and the India Trade Promotion Organization(ITPO).<\/span><\/p>\n Purpose: <\/b>To showcase agricultural and processed food products to the global players in the food and beverages industry as the fair is visited by a large number of importers from different parts of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n Millet in Minutes:<\/b> APEDA has launched a variety of \u201cMillet in Minutes\u201d products under the category of Ready-to-Eat(RTE) such as Upma, Pongal, Khichadi, Noodles, Biryani, etc. This is the first RTE millet product in the market to cater the fast-paced world at their convenience in a healthy way.<\/span><\/p>\n Note:<\/b> The millets are a rich source of protein, fibre, minerals, iron, calcium and have a low glycemic index. In view of this, the government has notified millets as Nutri-cereals in April 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, in March 2021, the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets.<\/span><\/p>\n Display of GI Products: <\/b>APEDA has put on display Geographical Indication(GI) agricultural products at AAHAR.The products include: <\/span>1) <\/b>Punjab – Basmati Rice,<\/span> 2)<\/b> Karnataka – Gulbarga Tur Dal,<\/span> 3) <\/b>Maharashtra \u2013 Sangli Raisin, Kolhapur Jaggery, <\/span>4)<\/b> Manipur – Chak-Hao and Kachai Lemon, 5)<\/strong> Mizoram – Ginger and Chili, <\/span>6)<\/b> Sikkim – Large Cardamom, <\/span>7) <\/b>Kerala – Navara Rice, Pokkali Rice, Kaipad Rice, <\/span>8)<\/b> Himachal Pradesh – Kala Jeera, Chulli Oil, <\/span>9) <\/b>West Bengal –\u00a0 Gobindobhog Rice, Tulaipanji Rice, Banglar Rasgulla, <\/span>10)<\/b> Rajasthan – Bikaneri Bhujia and <\/span>11) <\/b>Odisha – Kandhamal Haladi.<\/span><\/p>\n Sources: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>APEDA launches gluten-free millet products for all age groups at affordable prices<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> PIB<\/b> on<\/span> 30th April 2022.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority(APEDA) has launched a variety of millet products for all age groups at affordable prices ranging from Rs 5 to Rs 15 at the AAHAR food fair. What is AAHAR Food Fair? AAHAR is Asia\u2019s biggest B2B international food and hospitality fair. Organized by:… Continue reading APEDA launches gluten-free millet products for all age groups at affordable prices<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[3590],"class_list":["post-182303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is AAHAR Food Fair?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What has APEDA launched at AAHAR Food Fair?<\/b><\/h5>\n