Powdered milk mixtures: a project of a complete innovation cycle for the production of domestic protein components


On July 22, the Russian government approved a project for a complete innovation cycle for the production of domestic protein components for dry milk mixtures. According to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the project will receive government support.

The idea is aimed at the ability to produce domestic protein components – they should become the basis of dry dairy products used in nutrition for children. As the head of the Cabinet of Ministers noted, the project was approved in the Year of Science and Technology, which is symbolic.

Today, the bulk of infant formula is made from imported raw materials, and, according to the Prime Minister, it is necessary to learn how to produce domestic products, reducing the need to purchase raw materials abroad.

It was also noted that this task will be jointly solved by representatives of science, business and government. In general, these are 16 scientific organizations and companies, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industry.

The total amount of funding, according to Mishustin, is 1.5 billion rubles, of which 300 million will be allocated from the Russian budget.

We expect concrete results from these investments. Such complex projects of a full innovation cycle are designed to shorten the path from the emergence of an innovative idea to its practical implementation, so that important scientific developments are quickly implemented, and not remain on paper, ”said the Prime Minister.

Source: https://tass.ru/ekonomika/11961099