BioFortification of Foods for Health

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BioFortification of Foods for  Health

• Dr Roger KallaDirector
• www.korntechnologies.com
• Supported by Embassy of Sweden, Canberra

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The Technology

• Delivering bio active molecules to the
  peripheral layers of the cereal grain

Grain Bran / Endosperm embryo
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BioFortification

• BioFortification is the process of breeding food
  crops that are rich in bioavailable
  micronutrients in seeds or roots.
• Through BioFortification, scientists can provide
  farmers with crop varieties that naturally reduce
  nutritionally related health problems,
  potentially in hundreds of millions of people.
• ICRISAT India is funding BioFortification
  program.
• Bill Gates Foundation is funding major
  BioFortification program.

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Cerebral Brans TM

• To deliver health benefits to consumers all over
  the world  through brans
• Cerebral brans TM with substantiated additional 
  health benefits

Cerebral Brans TM for breakfast!
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Cerebral Brans TM x 4 Four different
scenarios

• Iron Bran - Cerebral Bran Naturally Iron
  Enriched 
• Sweet Bran - Cerebral Bran Naturally Sweetened 
• Smart Bran - Cerebral Bran  Naturally Enriched
  with Healthy Lipids
• Long Life Bran - Cerebral Bran Naturally
  Enriched  with plant 2nd metabolites

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Iron Cerebral Bran

• Naturally iron enriched 
• Delivering plant leg haemoglobinsto the
  peripheral layer of the cereal grain
• Sequestering iron to the peripheral seed cell
  layers during seed formation

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Sweet Cerebral Bran

• Naturally sweetened  with brazzein
• Plant product, short polypeptide, derived from
  berries of West African shrub
• Deliver brazzein to the peripheral seed cell
  layers during seed formation

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Smart Cerebral Bran

•  Naturally enriched with omega-3desaturated
  lipids
• Deliver desaturases (enzymes) required for
  production of omega-3 to peripheral seed cell
  layers during seed formation

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Long Life Cerebral Bran

• Naturally enriched  with biologicallyactive
  plant secondary metabolites
• Deliver enzymes required for the production of
  specific secondary metabolites (e.g resveratrol )
  to peripheral seed cell layers during seed
  formation

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Cerebral Brans for Health Well Being

• Cerebral Brans - the ultimate delivery vehicle
  for BioFortified products
• Reintroduce bran to the diet of food consumers
  globally
• Beneficiary fiber in addition to fortified
  products

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Cerebral Brans for Health Well Being

• Consumers in developed /developing world will
  want it if the benefits are clear and
  substantiated           
• The Bran processing technology is low tech -
  could be used in developing countries on own
  BioFortified grains
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• The ultimate renewable source of health well
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