Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Other Name
- Bajri, Bajra, babala, bajra, cumbu, dukhn, gero, sajje
- Botanical Name
- finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.)), little millet (Panicum sumatrance), kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum (L.)), foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.)), barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea (L.)) and proso millet (Panicum miliaceum (L.)).
- Plant Family
- Poaceae
- Part Used
- Seed
- Ingredients
- Millet
- Technologies
- Product Families
- Constituents
Millets are also rich sources phenolics (bound phenolic acid- ferulic acid, free phenolic acid-protocatechuic acid), lignans, β- glucan, inulin, resistant starch, phytates, sterols, tocopherol, dietary fiber and carotenoids. The main polyphenols are phenolic acids and tannins, while flavonoids are present in small quantities; they act as antioxidant and play many roles in the body immune system
Features & Benefits
- Food Ingredients Features
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
- Uses
Millet mainly used as traditional foods and beverages such as roti, bread (fermented or unfermented), porridge, snack and fast foods, baby foods, millet wine, millet nutrition powder etc…
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance