︎S&T - 27 ■ MOCK EGGS. #Newdiscoveries The innovation of pl | UPSC NOTES & CURRENT AFFAIRS

︎S&T - 27

■ MOCK EGGS.

#Newdiscoveries

The innovation of plant-based mock egg by Prof Kavya Dashora, IIT Delhi has secured first prize at Innovate4SDG contest by ‘UNDP (United Nation Development Program) Accelerator Lab India’.

□ SIGNIFICANCE :-

◇ The development of the mock egg meets the protein needs of the diet-specific, health conscious, vegan and vegetarian people, claims IIT-Delhi.

◇ This innovation addresses SDG 2
and 3 (zero hunger and good health and well-being).

□ WHAT IS THE MOCK EGG ?

The mock egg has been developed
from very simple farm-based crop proteins, which not only looks and tastes like egg but also very close in nutritional profile to a poultry egg.

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