Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Ketki Dhumketi, Pooja Chaturvedi, Ajay Kumar Shah, Alpana Singh and Anamika Patel

Abstract:
The purpose of this work is to investigate the nutritional composition of millet-based instant mix prepared from a mixture of foxtail millet semolina, wheat semolina and soybean. Millets are a rich source of vitamins, minerals, non-starch polysaccharides and sulphur-containing amino acids. Millets are also called a nutritional grain. The prepared mixes was analysed for its proximate composition such as moisture, protein, fat, fibre, ash, carbohydrate and energy value content varied from 7.25 to 8.42%, 11.00 to 13.50%, 7.20 to 8.60%, 1.20 to 7.62%, 2.02 to 3.86%, 59.87 to 70.16% and 368.08 to 389.44 kcal/100 g respectively. The minerals content of instant upma mixes prepared from millets were higher than wheat semolina. Physical attribute such as WAC (water absorption capacity) was higher and FAC (Fate absorption capacity) was lower than instant upma mix prepared from wheat semolina. The instant upma mixes was stored up to 2 months at ambient condition in aluminium foil packaging.