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India's Leading Exporter of Sesame Seeds, Starch & Corn Derivatives

Maize Starch & its Diverse Functionality

Starches from different sources, even those extracted from less common corn varieties, offer a range of functionality and present several potential advantages. Starch and derivatives have emerged as the most promising environment friendly …

7 Things to Know Before You Start Taking Natural Sweeteners

Eating sweet things is practically unavoidable because, after all, they are incredibly delicious! They help boost our mood and activate our brain’s reward system. However, excessive sugar consumption can lead to a range of health issues. B…

6 Amazing Corn Facts You Didn’t Knew Before

Corn is considered to be one of the major staple diets and important crops world over. This golden crop is known to be high in sucrose, but it consists of various other nutrients that can’t be overlooked. Believed to have first cultivated …

How Sesame Seeds Affect Cholesterol?

Sesame seeds may be tiny, but they are bursting with goodness that can work wonders for your heart health. These little powerhouses have been used for centuries in different cultures for their remarkable health benefits. In this article, w…

How to Start a Starch Processing Business in 2023?

Successful businesses must assess what people need, and what they want, and then supply them with those goods or services. The best businesses, especially during periods of inflation or recession, focus on needs. Sometimes people know thei…

How Sesame Seeds helps in lowering your Cholesterol

Sesame seeds may be tiny, but they are bursting with goodness that can work wonders for your heart health. These little powerhouses have been used for centuries in different cultures for their remarkable health benefits. In this article, w…

Is Corn Starch bad for your Health?

Cornstarch is a popular ingredient used to thicken soups, stews, sauces, and desserts. It can also be used in a variety of other recipes and help hold together fruit-based pie fillings, soften certain baked goods, and add a crisp coating t…

Magical Powers of Sesame Seeds For Hair Growth

The constant exposure to sun, pollution and unhealthy lifestyle practices can create havoc for the hair and the skin. Most of us are trying to find solutions to improve the health and texture of our hair and tend to turn to chemical laden …

The Journey of Sesame From Farm To Plate

People have been eating sesame seeds for at least 5,000 years, making it one of the oldest cultivated crops in recorded human history. These seeds are common on hamburger buns and in a variety of Asian, Mediterranean, and Caribbean dishes.…

Best Nut & Seeds for a Keto Diet

The ketogenic diet by and large limits the intake of fats, proteins and carbohydrates to a ratio of approximately 75%, 20%, and 5%, respectively. While this may seem challenging to balance, it really is a manageable quota with the inclusio…

Liquid Glucose - The Best Sweetener for your Baking

Liquid Glucose syrup made is an extremely popular product in bakery and confectionery business. It has an important place in the sweet manufacturing business. It is preferred in baking for sweetening as well as for sensory attributes, such…

Sesame Seeds - Consumption Trends & Growth Prospects

Sesame seed is primarily grown in Asia and Africa’s tropical and subtropical regions. Sesame has a wide range of applications, ranging from direct consumption as food to an ingredient in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. It has the hig…

Why Waste Management is Crucial in B2B Food Processing?

Food is arguably the most basic necessity to sustain humanity. The process of feeding more than 7 billion people worldwide leaves us with massive amounts of food waste every day. In 2020, about 931 million metric tons of food waste were pr…

Understanding Cooking Oils - Flavor, Fats & Smoke Points

Cooking oil is an essential ingredient of any meal. It is used in everything, from salads to the main courses. Since low-quality cooking oil might result in heart infections and cholesterol blockages, it becomes important to choose cooking…

Deciphering Sesame as a Food Allergen

Sesame allergies may not receive as much publicity as other food allergens, but the reactions can be just as serious. Allergy due to ingestion of sesame seeds or oil engenders at times when the body’s immune system prompts an inverse react…

Sesame Allergies - Dangers, Symptoms & Treatment

Sesame allergies may not receive as much publicity as other food allergens, but the reactions can be just as serious. Allergy due to ingestion of sesame seeds or oil engenders at times when the body’s immune system prompts an inverse react…

7 Easy Ways to Cook With Sesame Seeds

Although small, sesame seeds are packed with nutrients such as healthy fats, protein, calcium, antioxidants and dietary fiber. The primary fats in the seeds are monounsaturated fatty acids called oleic acid. Oleic acid has been shown to lo…

Sesame Seeds - Global Market Trends & Forecasts ( 2020-2022)

Sesame seed is preferred world over for its taste, aroma, color, crunchiness, and nutrients. Considered as one of the wonder foods of nature, sesame hosts an incredible array of nutrients including 50% fat, 23% carbohydrates, 18% protein a…

HL Agro Founder among Padma Shri Awardees 2021

Mr. Ashok Sahu, the founder of Vipassana Meditation Centre & HL Agro Products has made Kanpur proud by winning India’s fourth largest civilian honour Padma Shri for nurturing and promoting the indigenous Art of Living meditation & contribu…

9 Untold Health Benefits of Sesame Seeds

Every Indian kitchen has sesame seeds or commonly known as Til. Sesame seed are traditionally used by our ancestors to get the health benefits from it. Though presently, these are not much incorporated in our dishes to the extent they were…

Liquid Glucose & its viable substitutes

Who does not want to satisfy their sweet tooth without having to worry about consuming extra calories or gaining weight? The urge to stay mentally and physically fit, while eating the food you like make us look for alternatives that have f…

Transforming New Normal to a Better Normal

Cities are reopening. Lockdowns are lifting. And a few people are setting out to feel they will glimpse a return, however slow and partial, to new normal. But the pandemic has changed us. Although being on lockdown has been pretty gruellin…

5 Lesser Known Benefits of Black Sesame Seeds

Everything that we need to sustain ourselves has been provided to us by nature. One of these healthful superfoods is black sesame seeds. These small, flat seeds are brimming with antioxidants and healthy fatty acids. They are quickly gaini…

The corona effect on Food Processing Industry

The outbreak of corona virus has had significant impact not only on public health worldwide, but also on all stages of the supply chain and value chain of various industries. The food & beverage is one such industry that is currently exper…

The interface between food and brain health

Nutrition doesn't just play a key role in our physical health, it affects our emotional well-being, too. We can all agree about the fact that our mind and body are interrelated. Our physical and bodily functions are controlled by our mind …

Corn Germ – An Excellent Feedstuff for your Pets

Corn is the most common and major feed ingredient used for domestic pets, livestock and poultry, but its demand for human food, biofuel and bioindustrial products is not only increasing its cost, but also the availability of its by-product…

Natural ways to boost immunity in times of Corona

Eating an immune-system-friendly diet goes a long way to protect yourself from infection and illness. As cases of corona virus continues to rise, taking daily precautions such as washing your hands, social distancing, exercising and gettin…

Add value to your vegan diet with sesame seeds

The surging innovation in the plant-based industry coupled with rising awareness of issues around animal agriculture is driving consumer interest in the veganand flexitarian diets of lately. Aside from innovation, another fundamental reaso…

Amazing uses of Corn & its derivatives

Corn is considered to be one of the major staple diets and important crops world over. This golden crop is known to be high in sucrose, but it consists of various other nutrients that can’t be overlooked. Believed to have first cultivated …

Quality & Innovation to build the future of Food

The food processing industry in India is increasingly seen as a potential source for driving the rural economy as it brings about synergy between the consumer, industry and the farmer. A well-developed food processing industry can increase…