Mysuru-based Central Sericulture Research Training Institute (CSRTI) in Mysuru has joined hands with Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) in the city to come out with a number of food products from silkworm pupae fit for human consumption.
With the silkworm rearing and reeling process generating several by-products, CSRTI director Gandhi Doss said the scientists of the Institute have been involved in studies related to developing technologies for appropriate utilisation of technology for use of by-products on a commercial scale.
Recently, the scientists of the Institute worked alongside the food scientists from CFTRI to come out with a range of food products like cookies, pasta, mayonnaise, beverage mix and pickles from silkworm pupae.
