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A Comprehensive Assessment was Conducted to Ascertain the Physical, Functional, and Nutritional Characteristics of Kodo Millet Flour Sold in the Local Market of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ramesh Pratap Singh1 , Prabhas Kumar Shukla1 , Piyush Kumar Singh2
Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology,Kumarganj – Ayodhya (UP), India
Page: 1375-1382
Published on: 2024 June

Abstract

Development and exploitation of products based on millet are aided by the evaluation of the quality attributes of millet. Bulk density, rehydration ratio, water activity, water holding capacity, water absorption index, and water solubility index were found to be, respectively, 0.68 ± 0.00 g/ml, 2.14 ± 0.07%, 0.48 ± 0.00, 0.53 ± 0.00, 8.00 ± 0.00 g/100g, and 8.06 ± 0.02 g/100g, following an evaluation of the physical and functional properties. Good storage stability and freshness were indicated by water activity and rehydration ratio falling within the permissible range. Kodo millet flour's nutritional composition included moisture, protein, fat, ash and crude fiber, carbohydrate, energy, vitamin C, dietary fiber, and percentage of radical scavenging activity. These were 9.34 ± 0.23%, 7.60 ± 0.30%, 1.44 ± 0.15%, 1.39 ± 0.05%, and 4.06 ± 0.03%, 77.05 ± 0.42%, 345.77 ± 0.9%, and 0.67 ± 0.32%, 14.78 ± 0.21%, 77.28 ± 0.35%, and 55.22 ± 1.60%, corresponding to the respective nutritional composition.

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