VALUE ADDITION TO MINOR MILLETS

Poongodi Vijayakumar

ISBN 10: 3843375631 / ISBN 13: 9783843375634

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Dez 2010, 2010

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Neuware -The nutritious cereals or millets are represented by sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, maize and minor millets like barnyard millet, proso millet, kodo millet and foxtail millet. Millets are major food sources in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, and feature in the traditional cuisine of many others.Tropical countries like India have a tremendous capacity to produce minor millets. These coarse cereals can provide viable alternatives to diversify sources of health components in foods. Unfortunately this wealth of resources has proven to be double-edged sword. No strong tradition of value added research and development on minor millets is established. The future development and consumption of these nutritionally balanced delicious traditional foods will depend upon the industry''s raising productivity, economy, safety and nutritional quality that can be achieved through the application of appropriate science-based technologies to their preparation on economically viable scale, better packaging, longer shelf-life and attractive marketing process.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 196 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: VALUE ADDITION TO MINOR MILLETS
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Dez 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3843375631
• ISBN 13: 9783843375634
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 12D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 310 grams

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Synopsis

The nutritious cereals or millets are represented by sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, maize and minor millets like barnyard millet, proso millet, kodo millet and foxtail millet. Millets are major food sources in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, and feature in the traditional cuisine of many others.Tropical countries like India have a tremendous capacity to produce minor millets. These coarse cereals can provide viable alternatives to diversify sources of health components in foods. Unfortunately this wealth of resources has proven to be double-edged sword. No strong tradition of value added research and development on minor millets is established. The future development and consumption of these nutritionally balanced delicious traditional foods will depend upon the industry's raising productivity, economy, safety and nutritional quality that can be achieved through the application of appropriate science-based technologies to their preparation on economically viable scale, better packaging, longer shelf-life and attractive marketing process.

About the Author

Dr.(Mrs.)T.Poongodi Vijayakumar, Assistant Professor in Department of Food Science, Periyar University, Salem, TamilNadu, India. Publications: National journals-20, International journals-6. Life member in NSI, IDA, Indian Academy of Social sciences, RSSDI, ISPEN and ISCA. Major research area - Food chemistry and Processing.