“This new type of food is rich in proteins and has a lot of nutritional quality, and it is a contribution that we want to make through science for Tucumán’s childhood,” said a specialist.
Representatives of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) were received today by the Minister of Social Development, Federico Massoto discuss the progress of the work located at the Experimental Station, which will allow the institution to mass produce the “Super Tortilla.”
The meeting was attended by the Secretary of Territorial Articulation and Local Development, Josefina Zárate; the director of the Institute of Agroindustrial Technology of the Argentine Northwest (ITANO, which has a double dependency with CONICET and the Obispo Colombres Agroindustrial Experimental Station), Atilio Pedro Castagnaro; the director of CONICET NOA Sur, Augusto Bellomio, the Project Director, Gustavo Dirk Trotteyn; and the Secretary of Public Management and Planning, Julio Saguir, who organized the meeting between the parties.
Scientists and specialists raised the need to finish the work in order to begin mass production of the protein tortilla and other foods, which will then be distributed in schools that have school cafeterias.
In this regard, Masso expressed: “We had a very positive meeting where we talked about the importance of providing continuity and finishing the structural work at the Experimental Station, which is intended for the production of soy flour that will allow the mass production of the protein tortilla. . We discussed the possibility of the Provincial Government, led by Osvaldo Jaldo, providing the money to complete the work.”
“This will allow us to reach more than 270 thousand children who today have breakfast in our schools. We also talked about the possibility of adding vitamin C and other products to cooked mate to compensate for the value of milk, since they are fundamental things that we love and are going to take care of,” added the Minister.
For his part, Castagnaro stated: “We discussed how we can finish the soy flour production plant to improve the production of nutritional tortillas and other foods, so they can be distributed in school cafeterias and other food containment points.”
“This new type of food is rich in proteins and has a lot of nutritional quality, and it is a contribution that we want to make from science for Tucumán’s childhood,” he concluded.
