ABSTRACT
The Instituto de Investigaciones Technologicas (IIT), in Bogota, Colombia, began work in 1966 on the idea of replacing wheat in commercial food products. Technical solutions to the problem can be divided between alimentary pastas, the composition of which was undertaken by IIT, and breads. The pasta development program originated in IIT with support from the Colombian government and by 1970 was being funded by the Organization of American States. This project also received funding in its latest stages through the Denver Research Institute Grants Program. The composite flour program for breads was and still is more complex. In the early days IIT, encouraged by laboratory findings in 1967, requested funding assistance from the United Nations Development Program. The project was conducted by a managing board, with Jorge Beltran of IIT acting as president, and was assisted by an advisory board that had as its president Dr. Norton Young, director of IIT.
