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CSIRO (Australia) ready to commercialise new GI technology
The CSIRO Food Futures Flagship has developed an automated instrument for accurately predicting glycemic index (GI) and resistant starch (RS) in food products. The prototype device is an in vitro (bench top) robotic machine that acts as an ‘artificial gut’ to process large numbers of food samples for a fraction of the time and cost required by the standard in vivo (human) method.
The device has been validated as a rapid and reliable predictor of the GI and RS content of foods. Its principal purpose is to help food manufacturers to develop a wider range of healthy food products far more cheaply and quickly than possible previously. The device is being commercialised to help address the growing global demand for foods with defined health benefits through low GI and higher RS content.
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