Processing and value addition are the most important factors to uplift the economic condition of farmers. Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana always propagate this issue on every platform. To give a practical message to farmers, different departments and colleges of varsity have been developed a large number of value added products. College of Dairy science and technology has developed more than three dozens of products. Department of Livestock Products Technology has developed about 40 products and college of fisheries more than ten value added products. In this mela new value added products were also on board.
mela , new products were launched. Egg Drink Concentrate is prepared from whole egg liquid and it is similar to any drink in which chilled water and concentrate are added in the ration of 4:1. The drink can also be carbonated similar to soft drink. Various flavours are developed such as mango, pineapple, khus, orange and lemon .Nutritive value of 200ml drink contains almost 12 g animal protein, which is most digestible protein and help in the body growth and brain development of children. The calories per 200ml drink is almost 100 Kcals. Egg Soup Powder has developed from whole egg liquid which is prepared by mixing into the water and regular stirring while heating. The soup powder has more than 18% animal protein, 3-4% fat. This product is a novel product. The presently available soup (egg or meat) are basically flavoured product, however this product was developed only from whole egg liquid, so it has high nutritive value. Department is also selling emu meat products emu pickle, emu nuggets, emu balls, emu sausages. The department has developed omega-3 fatty acid enriched emu meat nuggets and sausages. Omega-3 fatty acid is required for the hair growth, skin and eye sight improvement and brain development. Emu meat is almost free from cholesterol and has high protein content in the range of 22-25%. It provides 180 kcals/100g of the product.
different flavours, Ghee, Peda, milk cake, lassi of many varieties, whey drinks, paneer, paneer masala, Dhodha Barfi and many more others. All the products are highly nutritive and have been introduced to cater the needs of the consumers who are looking for tastier products along with enhanced nutritional and health benefits. Milk detection kit introduced by this college will help farmers and consumers to detect adulteration in milk at farm and household level. It is pertinent to mention that technology of these products is transferable to entrepreneurs. Any entrepreneurs may contact university for transfer of these technologies under some terms. University has already transferred about ten technologies to entrepreneurs.
