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Arla Foods Ingredients partners on project to use milk ingredients in papaya snack Arla Foods Ingredients is product innovation partner in a new four-year project that will see it add its products to papaya fruit in a snack for low-income consumers in Ethiopia. Led by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the project brings together multiple public-private partners. The objective is to build a fruit processing value chain that will help reduce malnutrition, create jobs and cut post-harvest papaya loss. Arla Foods Ingredients said it has developed the f...

Arla partners with papaya project to combat malnutrition in Ethiopia

Papaya waste upcycled into fruit bars enriched with whey protein A public-private partnership is repurposing leftover papaya in Ethiopia to develop ‘affordable’ and ‘nutritious’ fruit bars enriched with whey protein, vitamins and minerals for locals. While most tropical fruits can grow well in Ethiopia, papaya is one of the most popular. Aside from being highly nutritious – the fruit is rich in vitamins A, B, and C – the crop is a source of income for more than 890,000 farmers. However, approximately 30% of the harvest is lost due to spoilage ever year...