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UNISZA STUDENTS DEVELOP 13 INNOVATIVE SWEET CORN-BASED PRODUCTS

13/01/2025 09:04 PM

JERTIH, Jan 13 (Bernama) -- Food Technology students at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) have developed 13 innovative new food products using sweet corn, showcasing the potential for diverse downstream products from the crop.

The university’s Dean of the Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry, Prof Dr Hafizan Juahir, said the creations by 13 student groups were based on crops cultivated at UniSZA's Besut Campus farm under the New Food Product Launch Day 2025 programme.

“This annual programme involves final-year Bachelor of Food Technology students who create halal food products based on crops grown on UniSZA's farm. Last year, students produced products based on sweet potatoes,” he said at UniSZA's Besut Campus in Tembila today.

He added that the programme also imparted entrepreneurial skills, with UniSZA providing guidance through the Community Production Kitchen programme to help bring their creations to market.

He said among the products created by the students were sweet corn-flavoured Hailam noodles, corn-flavoured cheese, kaya spreads, carbonated drinks, creamed corn, instant noodles, corn tempeh flakes, and corn-flavoured confectionery with caramel corn filling.

“Other creations include vegan corn meat, corn silk oat tea drinks, crispy corn nougats, and corn snacks,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Jalan-Jalan Noodle group, which created sweet corn-flavoured Hailam noodles with broth made from boiled sweet corn cores, emerged as the first-place winner.

Team leader Chong Hong Hui, 24, said their product stood out as there was currently no instant Hailam noodle product in the market, especially halal-certified ones, and it could even be consumed with just cold water.

“We spent three months conducting research from various perspectives to develop this product and are thrilled to be named the first-place winners after evaluation by multiple external agencies,” she said.

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