Culinary Achievers

  INTRODUCTION : Robotics and Robotic Process Automation are an integral part of Industry 4.0. This has significant implications on the packaged foods since robots are now an essential part of the industry. At the factory floor, robots help with new ways to process and package food which greatly improves food safety and sanitation scores. The use of robots also presents an opportunity to delegate jobs that are ergonomically difficult and dangerous for human workers. FOOD SAFETY : ●        Although the increasing presence of robots in factories is partially motivated by labor costs,  their impact on food safety is even greater. Robots provide a clean, contamination-free production environment which ensures food handling and processing occurs in a zero contamination environment. ●        The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) estimates 48 million Americans are infected, 128,000 hospitalized and 3,000 die due to foodb...

If you were to imagine Indian sweets, then somewhere in the vast lineup of sweets, you will picture a podium of ‘Laddus’, all unique in ingredients and cooking styles. But what exactly is a laddu? Well, at its simplest, these delicious sweets are golf ball-shaped delicacies usually made of flour, a rich fat (ghee), and a lot of sugar. But what sets Laddus apart is their range and diversity. Right from the famous ‘Motichoor ka Laddu’, to ones made with sesame seeds or those incorporating dates and other dry fruits, laddus are definitely everywhere. A simple online search for ‘Most Famous Indian Sweets’ points towards laddus, but before the advent of technology of any sort (think 2000 years ago), laddus were consumed as medicine. Yes, these ball-shaped sweets were originally used for better health and have been around since the 4th century BC. Laddus were first used by renowned Indian doctor Sushruta as part of a treatment for his patients. This early version of laddus doubled as an an...