Finger Millet: Valued Cereal
( Food and Beverage Consumption and Health )
Publication series ：Food and Beverage Consumption and Health
Author： K.S. Premavalli (Project Co-ordinator: Head Food Preservation Division Defence Food Research Laboratory Siddharthanagar Karnataka India)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781620812426
Subject： S515 Millet (foxtail millet, millet)
Keyword： Food Science
Language： ENG
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Description
Finger millet though a small cereal grain is a most promising millet for its strength of calcium, iron, dietary fibre and polyphenols. These compounds provide better skeletal health and the cereal possess antidiabetic properties. But the information documented so far on finger millet refers more to varieties and cultivation practices. This book covers the global information within 9 chapters in a methodological way, the finger millet strength, history and cultivation of varieties, nutrients, non-nutrients, the finger millet processing methods, processed products development and their health benefits evaluation which creates a scientific evidence for the benefits.