Sensory and nutritional evaluation of nine types of millet substituted for polished white rice in select Indian meal preparations

Anitha, S and Arjun, P and Palli, N C and Sreekanth, N and Devi, S A M and Pandey, S and Krishnan, S and Prasad, S and Sharma, Shashi and Murthy, K N C and Botha, R and Upadhyay, S and Kane-Potaka, J (2024) Sensory and nutritional evaluation of nine types of millet substituted for polished white rice in select Indian meal preparations. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (TSI), 8. 01-16. ISSN 2571-581X

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Abstract

This study was conducted to test the suitability of using nine types of millets namely finger millet, pearl millet, white and yellow sorghum, little millet, barnyard millet, proso millet, kodo millet, and browntop millet in seven popular Indian meal preparations based on sensory characteristics and nutrient value. The popular Indian meal preparations tested were boiled grain, dosa, idli, bisi belle bath, pulao, puttu, and pongal. In total, 53 variations in meal preparations were developed using the millets and seven polished white rice-based meal preparations were developed as control. The main findings indicated that meal preparation crafted from various millets garnered overall sensory scores closely resembling to those derived from polished white rice. Notably, little millet exhibited high scores in pongal and dosa, and achieved elevated overall sensory scores compared to meal preparation from polished white rice. Bisi belle bath made of barnyard millet scored higher in overall sensory score than polished white rice. Moreover, there was significant association between some types of millets’ overall sensory characteristics (p < 0.005) with polished white rice-based meal preparations. In terms of nutrient value, all the millet-based meal preparations had significantly high nutritional value compared to those made with polished white rice (p < 0.05). Especially calcium content of the meal prepared with finger millet was significantly higher compared to polished white rice-based meals (p < 0.05). Puttu, idli, and dosa prepared with finger millet had calcium content of 59.4, 10.8, and 70.9 mg/100 g compared to those prepared with the polished white rice which had only 1.3, 6.3, and 9.2 mg/100 g. The magnesium content of all millet-based meal preparations was generally several-folds higher compared to the polished white rice-based meal preparations (p < 0.05). There is a significant difference in the fiber content of the meals prepared with millets compared to the meals prepared with polished white rice (p < 0.05). This study was conducted using millets that are locally available and does not represent all the millet varieties available globally, as each type of millet has a wide range of varieties. Therefore, it is important to understand and choose the type and variety of millet while enhancing the nutritional value of diets.

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Global Research Program - Enabling Systems Transformation
CRP: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: millets-based meal preparation, browntop millet, finger millet, proso millet, sensory evaluation, sorghum
Subjects: Mandate crops > Millets > Finger Millet
Mandate crops > Sorghum
Others > Food and Nutrition
Depositing User: Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited: 24 Jun 2024 04:02
Last Modified: 24 Jun 2024 04:02
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12718
Official URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs...
Projects: UNSPECIFIED
Funders: Odisha millet mission as part of the International Year of Millet 2023
Acknowledgement: The authors sincerely acknowledge Ram for language editing and Ananthan for reviewing the article. The authors also thank all the panel members who actively participated in the sensory evaluation.
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