MUMBAI, India, March 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621008101 A) filed by Dr. Savita Borse; and Dr. Vinod V. Mohan, Nashik, Maharashtra, on Jan. 28, for 'a process for preparing a detoxified and standardised dioscorea bulbifera linn. tuber-based food ingredient.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Savita Borse; and Dr. Vinod V. Mohan.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A Process for Preparing a Detoxified and Standardised Dioscorea bulbifera Linn. Tuber-Based Food Ingredient The present invention relates to a detoxified and standardised Dioscorea bulbifera Linn. tuber based non-conventional food ingredient and to a controlled food processing method for preparing the same, wherein fresh Dioscorea bulbifera Linn. tubers are subjected to defined aqueous leaching for a duration of 4 hours to 12 hours, followed by temperature controlled thermal treatment at 90 C to 100 C, low temperature dehydration at a temperature not exceeding 65 C to reduce moisture content to not more than 12 percent w/w, and milling with particle size standardisation to obtain a stable, free flowing particulate food ingredient having a particle size in the range of 200 microns to 800 microns, the disclosed process providing reproducible reduction of bitterness, improved safety, enhanced shelf stability of at least 30 days under ambient conditions, and uniform dispersibility in cereal based, legume based, and composite food matrices when incorporated in an amount of 1 percent to 10 percent w/w, thereby delivering a scalable and recommended alternative to like tuber-based food technology solution strictly limited to food processing applications."
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