Allahabad University gets patent for potato flakes energy bar.

August 9, 2022

The Center of Food Technology, Allahabad University, has received patent for its ‘potato flakes energy bar’ which can meet the immediate energy needs of runners, growing children and patients with severe energy deficit.
The patent has been granted by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks under the Union commerce and industry ministry.
According to Professor Neelam Yadav, head of the Center of Food Technology, the project to make potato flakes energy bars had been going on since long and patent was applied for in April, 2017, which has now been received.
A 100-gram flakes energy bar has 365 kilo calories, 11-12 per cent protein and 4-5 per cent mineral content. This energy bar has a mix of dry fruits and is prepared in a drum dryer.
Yadav said that the main ingredient of this bar is potato flakes prepared from the Kufri Frysona variety of potato. This variety of potato is grown in Meerut and Saharanpur region and is stored in the cold storages there.
Yadav said that after getting the patent, the Center of Food Technology is in talks with several companies to share the patent for the commercial production of the energy bar.