A research student at the Sultan Zainal Abidin University in Malaysia has managed to produce yogurt and multi-purpose flour from breadfruit.
Siti Nuriah Mohd Noor, 24, is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Food Science and Technology, through her study titled “Kanji Rintang Sukun” (Breadfruit Resistant Starch).
“I focused on the fibre potential of breadfruit that I extracted into flour, and through the flour I produced ‘kanji’ (starch) before I went on to produce yogurt.
“I see that this study has a high potential to be commercialised. Maybe people do not see that breadfruit has something that can be extracted from it, especially in terms of fibre.
Siti Nuriah was awarded the gold medal for her discovery at the International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions of Higher Learning (Pecipta) 2017, recently.
Situ Nuriah intends to collaborate with Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) to carry out further research and development.
Source: thestar.com.my
