Fermenta Biotech Limited commissions Fortified Rice Kernel manufacturing facility in Tirupati District, Andhra Pradesh
Product to be manufactured in accordance with FSSAI guidelines for rice fortification Pennepalli, 18th December 2022: Fermenta Biotech Limited (‘Fermenta’) has commissioned a new facility to manufacture Fortified Rice Kernel (‘FRK’) located in Pennepalli, Tirupati district in Andhra Pradesh. With this milestone, Fermenta has entered the rice fortification market and bolstered its emerging portfolio in nutrition. The FRK produced will be enriched with Iron, Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid, in compliance with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (‘FSSAI’) Guidelines for rice fortification. An alarmingly high incidence of nutritional anaemia due to deficiency of iron, folate and B12…