Uganda, April 26 -- Makerere University students last week showcased an assortment of delicious cakes, fruit yoghurt, cookies, and juices they have created from everyday plants.

Some of the rare products from the students of the Department of Food Technology and Human Nutrition included avocado cakes, cookies from jackfruit seeds, yoghurt from coffee beans, unique peanut butter with five ingredients of soya, mukene, groundnuts, and simsim; and ketchup made with mango as a sweetener.

The students currently sell all their products on campus as they wait for more support to expand beyond the university premises.

Dr Julia Kigozi, the dean of the School of Food Technology, Nutrition and Bioengineering, said they trained the students to prod...