After tantalising your taste buds with its Indian delicacies like Sarson ka Saag, Dal Makhani, Pindi Channa and what not; the Punjab State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation limited, popularly known as Markfed, is now all set to offer on its platter a new range of products to fit in your current lifestyle. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday launched Markfed’s new range of products including Instant Kesar Dalia, Honey Grits and Canned Mushrooms.
Badal highly appreciated Markfed’s contribution in the field of food processing sector and also for pioneering and introducing the innovative products at regular intervals for the consumers as well as for the Indian Diaspora settled abroad.
“Owing to hectic lifestyle these days, a need had arisen to introduce a healthy, nutritious and enriched breakfast cereal as a balanced diet catering to the needs of kids as well as adults,” said the State’s Financial Commissioner Cooperation SK Sandhu. He said that to provide a product which could fill up and satisfy the needs, Markfed had planned and introduced breakfast cereals like Instant Kesar Dalia and Honey Grits which was not only wholesome meal but was enriched with minerals, protein and vitamins too.
Both the products are an instant feast and can be readied for consumption in a minute, he said. Markfed managing director Gurkirat Kirpal Singh said that Mushroom cultivators from across the State had been urging the Chief Minister to impart directions to Markfed for canning of Mushrooms which had great scope in domestic as well as in the international markets.
“Subsequently, Markfed had thus initiated packing button mushrooms in-brine to cater to the huge market,” he said.
With the canning of mushrooms through vacuum packing technology, mushrooms will be available to the consumers throughout the year.