Table 3.
Nutrient content of traditional food (millets) and modern foods (cereals) per 100 g.
| S.N | Nutrients | Traditional Food (Millets) * | Modern Foods (Cereals) ** | % Change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Millet | Sorghum | Ragi | Foxtail Millet |
Proso Millet |
Barnyard Millet |
Kodo Millet | Little Millet | Desi Maize | Barley | Oat | Mean | Rice | Wheat | Mean | |||
| 1 | Protein (g) | 11.6 | 10.4 | 7.3 | 12.3 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 10.13 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 16.9 | 10.31 | 7.94 | 12.1 | 10.02 | −2.83 |
| 2 | Fat (g) | 5.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 1.30 | 6.9 | 3.39 | 0.52 | 1.7 | 1.11 | −67.27 |
| 3 | CHO (g) | 67.5 | 68.2 | 72.6 | 60.9 | 70.4 | 65.5 | 65.9 | 65.55 | 64.77 | 61.29 | 62.0 | 65.87 | 78.24 | 64.72 | 71.48 | +8.51 |
| 4 | Energy (Cal.) | 361.0 | 349.0 | 328.0 | 331.0 | 341.0 | 397.0 | 309.0 | 329.0 | 342.0 | 336.0 | 389.0 | 346.5 | 345.0 | 346.0 | 345.5 | −0.30 |
| 5 | Folic acid (mg) | 45.5 | 20.0 | 18.3 | 15.0 | 9.0 | - | 23.1 | 36.20 | 20.0 | 31.58 | 56.0 | 27.47 | 9.32 | 36.6 | 22.96 | −16.41 |
| 6 | Thiamin (mg) | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.59 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.76 | 0.40 | 0.05 | 0.49 | 0.27 | −32.19 |
| 7 | Riboflavin (mg) | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.11 | −10.37 |
| 8 | Zinc (g) | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.82 | 2.8 | 1.50 | 4.0 | 2.45 | 1.21 | 2.2 | 1.70 | −30.33 |
| 9 | Calcium (mg) | 42.0 | 25.0 | 344.0 | 31.0 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 27.0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 26.0 | 54.0 | 55.73 | 10.0 | 48.0 | 29 | −47.96 |
| 10 | Iron (mg) | 8.0 | 4.1 | 4.62 | 2.8 | 9.3 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 1.67 | 5.0 | 4.78 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 2.8 | −41.43 |
| 11 | Phosphorus (mg) | 289.0 | 274.0 | 268.0 | 110.0 | - | - | - | 157.0 | 279.0 | 178.0 | - | 222.1 | 96.16 | 315.0 | 205.6 | −7.46 |
| 12 | Fiber (g) | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 11.6 | 6.05 | 0.82 | 1.2 | 1.01 | −83.32 |
| 13 | Total phenol | 67.71 | 23.25 | 135.0 | 106.0 | 0.10 | 26.7 | 368.0 | 14.24 | 32.92 | 23.47 | - | 79.74 | 3.14 | 14.33 | 8.735 | −89.05 |
* Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.), Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.), Ragi (Eleusine coracana L.), Foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.), Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.), Barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea L.), Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum L.), Little millet (Panicum sumatrense L.), Maize (Zea mays L.), Barley (Hordeum vulgare), and Oat (Avena sativa).** Rice (Oryza sativa) and Wheat (Triticum aestivum).