<p>Mr. Jethro Warner is a third-year student within the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, UG, where he is reading for a BSc. in Food Science. He will be among the first batch of students to graduate with this degree at the University of Guyana since the programme was launched in 2019.</p>

<p>Warner’s innovation ‘Fruitkins’ is made from candied fruits and peels. In detailing how the project was conceptualised, he said: “I came up with the idea because of the number of wastes that I have been seeing produced in Guyana, mainly in the markets where the people use the fruits’ inside and throw away the peels. So, I decided to candy the peels and make a product from candied fruits and peels.”</p>

<p>The product was produced at the University of Guyana, Food Science Department as part of a Product Development course. It has a shelf life of four months.</p>

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<p>The process of making ‘Fruitkins’ takes approximately eight hours to produce, six of those hours are needed for the drying of the fruit. The fruit is first sourced and cut into different sizes, blanched, coated with sugar and left to cool. It is later packaged in plastic containers and ready to sell. The innovators of this project are confident that once marketed well, supermarkets and other retail customers will fully support the product.&nbsp;</p>
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