TABLE 2B.
Nutritional profile of selected millets compared with those of wheat and rice.
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| Millet | Thiamin (mg) | Niacin (mg) | Riboflavin | Vit A (carotene) (mg/100 g) | Vit B6 (mg/100 g) | Folic Acid (mg/100 g) | Vit B5 (mg/100 g) | Vit E (mg/100 g) | ||
| Finger millet | 0.42 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 42 | – | 18.3 | – | 22 | ||
| Foxtail millet | 0.59 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 32 | – | 15 | 0.8 | 31 | ||
| Proso millet | 0.41 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0 | – | – | 1.2 | – | ||
| Barnyard millet | 0.33 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Little millet | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | – | ||
| Sorghum | 0.38 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 47 | 0.21 | 20 | 1.3 | 12 | ||
| Pearl millet | 0.38 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 132 | – | 45.5 | 1.1 | 19 | ||
| Wheat (whole) | 0.41 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 64 | 0.57 | 36.6 | – | – | ||
| Rice (raw, milled) | 0.41 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | – | ||
| Teff | 0.39 | 3.36 | 0.27 | 0 | 0.46 | – | 0.94 | 0.08 | ||
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| Finger millet | Mg (mg/100 g) | Na (mg/100 g) | K (mg/10 0g) | Cu (mg/100 g) | Mn (mg/100 g) | Mb (mg/100 g) | Zn (mg/100 g) | Cr (mg/100 g) | Su (mg/100 g) | Cl (mg/100 g) |
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| Foxtail millet | 137 | 11 | 408 | 0.47 | 5.49 | 0.102 | 2.3 | 0 | 160 | 44 |
| Proso millet | 81 | 4.6 | 250 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.07 | 2.4 | 0 | 171 | 37 |
| Barnyard millet | 153 | 8.2 | 113 | 1.6 | 0.6 | – | 1.4 | 0 | 157 | 19 |
| Little millet | 82 | – | – | 0.6 | 0.96 | – | 3 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Sorghum | 133 | 8.1 | 129 | 1 | 0.68 | 0.016 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 149 | 13 |
| Pearl millet | 171 | 7.3 | 131 | 0.46 | 0.78 | 0.039 | 1.6 | 0 | 54 | 44 |
| Wheat (whole) | 137 | 10.9 | 307 | 1.06 | 1.15 | 0.069 | 3.1 | 0 | 147 | 39 |
| Rice (raw, milled) | 138 | 17.1 | 284 | 0.68 | 2.29 | 0.051 | 2.7 | 0 | 128 | 47 |
| Rice | 90 | – | – | 0.14 | 0.59 | 0.058 | 1.4 | 0 | – | – |
| Teff | 184 | 12 | 427 | 0.81 | 9.24 | – | 3.63 | – | – | – |
(Source: Nutritive value of Indian foods, NIN, 2007; MILLET in your Meals, http://www.sahajasamrudha.org/ and https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/composition-foods-raw-processed-prepared-usda-national-nutrient-database-standard-reference-release-27).