Table 1.

Nutrient composition of pearl millet

Constituents	(g/100 g)
Ash	1.9–2.2 (Chowdhury and Punia 1997)
	1.6–2.4 (Abdalla et al. 1998)
	2.3 (Gopalan et al. 2003)
Fat	5.6–5.9 (Chowdhury and Punia 1997)
	2.7–7.1 (Abdalla et al. 1998)
	5–7 (Gopalan et al. 2003)
Protein	10.3–12.7 (Chowdhury and Punia 1997)
	9–21 (Kaur et al. 2014)
Carbohydrates	68 (Gopalan et al. 2003)
Dietary fibre	8 (Nandini and Salimath 2001)
	11.9–13.3 (Pushparaj and Urooj 2011)
Iron (mg/100 g)	11.2 (Abdalla et al. 1998)
	8 (Gopalan et al. 2003)
	7.5 (Abdelrahman et al. 2005)
	4–8 (Velu et al. 2008a)
	5–6 (Pushparaj and Urooj 2014)
Zinc (mg/100 g)	5.3–7.1 (Abdalla et al. 1998)
	3–5 (Velu et al. 2008b)