Table 2.
Comparative nutritional profile of millets and major cereals (per 100 g).
| Grain | Energy (Kcal) |
Protin (g) |
Carbohydrate (g) |
Starch (g) |
Fat (g) | Dietary fiber (g) | Mineral (g) | Ca (mg) |
P (mg) | Mg (mg) |
Zn (mg) | Fe (mg) | Thiamine (mg) | Riboflavin (mg) |
Niacin (mg) |
Folic acid (mg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorghum | 334 | 9.97 | 67.7 | 59 | 1.73 | 10.22 | 1.6 | 28 | 274 | 133 | 2.96 | 3.95 | 0.35 | 0.14 | 2.1 | 39.4 |
| Pearl Milet | 348 | 10.96 | 61.8 | 55 | 5.43 | 11.49 | 2.3 | 27 | 289 | 124 | 2.76 | 6.42 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.86 | 36.11 |
| Finger millet | 321 | 7.16 | 66.8 | 62 | 1.92 | 11.18 | 2.7 | 364 | 210 | 146 | 2.53 | 4.62 | 0.37 | 0.17 | 1.3 | 34.7 |
| Kodo millet | 332 | 8.92 | 66.2 | 64 | 2.55 | 6.39 | 2.6 | 15 | 101 | 122 | 1.65 | 2.34 | 0.29 | 0.20 | 1.49 | 39.99 |
| Little millet | 346 | 10.13 | 65.6 | 56 | 3.89 | 7.72 | 1.7 | 16 | 130 | 91 | 1.82 | 1.26 | 0.26 | 0.05 | 1.29 | 36.2 |
| Proso millet | 341 | 12.50 | 70.4 | – | 1.10 | 2.20 | 1.9 | 14 | 206 | 153 | 1.40 | 0.80 | 0.41 | 0.28 | 4.5 | – |
| Foxtail millet | 331 | 12.30 | 60.1 | – | 4.30 | 8.00 | 3.3 | 31 | 188 | 81 | 2.40 | 2.80 | 0.59 | 0.11 | 3.2 | 15 |
| Barnyard millet | 307 | 6.20 | 65.6 | – | 2.20 | 9.80 | 4.7 | 20 | 280 | 82 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 4.2 | – |
| Maize | 334 | 11.5 | 64.7 | 59 | 3.6 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 8.9 | 348 | – | – | 2.49 | – | – | – | – |
| Wheat | 322 | 10.59 | 64.7 | 56 | 1.47 | 11.23 | 1.5 | 39 | 315 | 125 | 2.85 | 3.97 | 0.46 | 0.15 | 2.68 | 30.1 |
| Rice | 356 | 7.94 | 78.2 | 71 | 0.52 | 2.81 | 0.6 | 7 | 96 | 19 | 1.21 | 0.65 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 1.69 | 9.32 |