Acebedo-Domingo registered an amusing innovation of a method to create pink noodles - using her locale’s sought-after produce, the dragon fruit.
Dragon fruit is a high value fruit. The peel, of course, is part of the weight from which the cost is computed. Ms. Acebedo-Domingo hoped to transform the waste from the dragon fruit, the peel, into a usable product.
“We were actually targeting production of jams and baked goods, and we didn’t want to throw away the peel. I got to thinking: how can we use the peel to minimize waste? That’s when we thought of incorporating it with the flour and make noodles out of it. It’s just a by-product,” said Ms. Acebedo-Domingo.
But pia.gov.ph tells us how this innovation is not just for the sake of quirkiness; Acebedo emphasized that some of the technology from the dragon fruit product development is being taught to dragon fruit farmers, as an extension activity of MMSU. This way, farmers themselves can make value-added products from the fruit.
