AUTHOR=Anitha Seetha , Rajendran Ananthan , Botha Rosemary , Baruah Chandrama , Mer Pooja , Sebastian Julia , Upadhyay Shweta , Kane-Potaka Joanna 

TITLE=Variation in the nutrient content of different genotypes and varieties of millets, studied globally: a systematic review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1324046

DOI=10.3389/fsufs.2024.1324046

ISSN=2571-581X

ABSTRACT=This study was conducted to understand the variation in the nutrient contents of different types of millets by collecting data from published scientific journals and collating it by variety. The data is analyzed as a whole and as a subset, where it is clearly categorized into a released variety or genotype/accession. Calcium level was consistently high in finger millet and teff regardless of varieties at 331.29±10 mg/100g and 183.41±29 mg/100g respectively. Iron content was highest for finger millet at 12.21 ± 13.69 mg/100g followed by teff at 11.09±8.35 mg/100g. Pearl millet contained the highest zinc content of 8.73±11.55 mg/100g. Protein content was highest in job's tears at 12.66 g/100g followed by proso millet at 12.42±1.99 g/100g followed by job's tears at 12.66 g/100g and barnyard millet with 12.05±1.77 g/100g. Some millets showed consistently low or consistently high levels of specific nutrients, while others had such wide variation that they could not be characterized as high or low for that particular nutrient. There is a huge variation in the nutrient content of each type of millet regardless of the released variety or genotype. In the interest of improving dietary nutrients, there is a need to have nutrition programs and product development based on aselected high nutrient varietiesy of the millet, , ensuring the use of the highest while replacing the varieties that are low in nutrient content varieties, from the marketto maximize the impacts which requires attention from researchers and government and changes in research, policy, and awareness among the public and private sectors.