{"id":7897,"date":"2020-05-13T17:59:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2020-05-13T17:59:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:29:18","slug":"spirulina-groundnut-chikki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/spirulina-groundnut-chikki\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirulina groundnut Chikki"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-section\" data-type=\"type-1\" data-alignment=\"left\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Relevance: Prelims: Health<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d18x2uyjeekruj.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/chikki-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"Spirulina Groundnut Chikki to boost immunity \u2013 Civilsdaily\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u2022 The Mysuru-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) has developed Spirulina groundnut Chikki that can provide micro-nutrients and boost the immunity of people during this time of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><b>About:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It has used Spirulina as well as the tasty, nourishing groundnuts to prepare Chikki that is rich in micro-nutrients such as Vitamin A, Beta Carotene, and easily digestible algal proteins.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022<strong> The Income Tax Department of Karnataka and Goa region has distributed 500 kilograms of CFTRI Chikkies to migrant laborers in Bengaluru and surrounding areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> Spirulina is a biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and animals.<\/strong><\/span> The three species are Arthrospira platensis, A. fusiformis, and A. maxima. <strong>Cultivated worldwide, Arthrospira is used as a dietary supplement or whole food.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/previews.123rf.com\/images\/polegaev\/polegaev1610\/polegaev161000033\/65654488-set-of-spirulina-algae-infographics-banner-arthrospira-seaweed-dietary-supplement-background-templat.jpg\" alt=\"Set Of Spirulina Algae Infographics Banner. Arthrospira Seaweed ...\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>For more such notes, Articles, News &amp; Views Join our Telegram Channel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telegram Link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>https:\/\/t.me\/triumphias<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Click the link below to see the details about the UPSC \u2013Civils courses offered by Triumph IAS.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Courses available\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php\">https:\/\/triumphias.com\/pages-all-courses.php<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Prelims: Health Why in news? \u2022 The Mysuru-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) has developed Spirulina groundnut Chikki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[392],"class_list":["post-7897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-union-public-service-commission-upsc"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7898,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions\/7898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}