Table 4 Comparison of micronutrients content of millets with the staple cereals (mg/100 g) [7, 8, 46, 48, 57,58,59]
From: Millets: a solution to agrarian and nutritional challenges
Cereal grain | Calcium | Iron | Phosphorus | Zinc | Thiamine | Niacin | Riboflavin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rice | 0.12 ± 0.07 | 1.25 ± 0.78 | 0.52 ± 0.02 | 0.5 | 0.50 ± 0.13 | 5.56 ± 1.76 | 0.06 ± 0.02 |
Wheat | 43.41 ± 3.69 | 5.24 ± 0.80 | 357.74 ± 26.54 | 2.9 | 0.44 ± 0.05 | 4.31 ± 1.00 | 0.10 ± 0.01 |
Sorghum | 35.23 ± 7.42 | 5.29 ± 1.28 | 266.30 ± 32.3 | 3.01 ± 0.89 | 0.28 | 5.19 | 0.05 |
Pearl millet | 35 ± 8.9 | 10.3 ± 7.0 | 339 | – | 0.30 ± 0.1 | 1.11 ± 1.3 | 1.48 ± 1.9 |
Foxtail millet | 31 ± 11 | 3.5 ± 1.2 | 300 | 60.6 | 0.60 | 0.55 ± 0.6 | 1.65 ± 2.2 |
Finger millet | 348 ± 3.5 | 4.27 ± 0.6 | 250 | 36.6 ± 3.7 | 0.40 ± 0.1 | 0.80 ± 0.9 | 0.60 ± 0.7 |
Barnyard millet | 18.33 ± 6.0 | 17.47 ± 2.0 | – | 57.45 ± 1.9 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 4.20 |
Proso millet | 10 ± 3.5 | 2.2 ± 1.2 | 200 | – | 0.41 | 4.54 | 0.28 |
Kodo millet | 32.33 ± 4.6 | 3.17 ± 1.3 | 300 | 32.7 ± 2.2 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 2.0 |