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Millets Properties, Processing, and Health Benefits 1st Edition

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Full Title

Millets Properties, Processing, and Health Benefits 1st Edition

Author(s)

Anil Kumar Siroha, Sneh Punia, Sukhvinder Singh Purewal, Kawaljit Singh Sandhu

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781000402896, 9781032022581, 9780367562748, 9781003105947, 9781000402865

Publisher

CRC Press

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Millets are low cost cereal grains and widely used in the food industry and animal husbandry as an important source of food and feed. As a rich source of starch, protein, minerals, vitamins, and specific bioactive compounds that contain beneficial antioxidant properties, they have gained considerable attention as a botanical dietary supplement and various functional foods. Millets: Properties, Processing, and Health Benefits explores millet production, chemistry and nutritional aspects, processing technologies, product formulations, and more. Understanding the properties of millets provides a basis for better utilizing millet crops, in addition to further development of millets as an important industrial crop. Key Features: Provides millet taxonomy, history, nutritional aspects, and health benefits Discusses the physical and functional properties of millets Explores various millet-based products Deals with starch composition, structure, properties, and applications Touches on postharvest management of millets This book combines information on the composition, functional properties and processing along with information on the health properties of millets. With its unique presentation on millets flour and starch, it will be suitable for those wanting to use millets in various food products, including food technologists, nutritionists, research scientists, and agriculture professionals.