Value-Added Products from Rice Bean

In today’s globalized and mechanized world, the consciousness of the people about health, food quality and healthy nutrition options is continuously increasing. Maintaining health with the provision of good quality food to the people is among top priorties of the nation. Pulses are a rich source of dietary protein and essential micronutrients which have the potential to relive the dependency on animal food products in the diet. Apart from this, their bioactive and functional properties have also been well documented (Philanto and Korhonen 2003).