Evaluation of sensory Characteristics of foxtail millet based Ladoo

Shiny Joe Joseph Raj; Geethanjali Santhanam; S.Geethanjali

Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2015

Evaluation of sensory Characteristics of foxtail millet based Ladoo

Shiny Joe Joseph Raj, Geethanjali Santhanam, S. Geethanjali

Abstract :

Millets are small seeded annual coarse cereal grown throughout the world . They are nutritionally comparable or even superior to stable cereal such rice and wheat. Millets are rich in vitamins and minerals sulphur containing amino acids and photochemical and hence are termed as �nutri-cereals�. They have higher propotions and non-starchy polysaccharides and dietary fie . Millets have great potential for being utilized in different food systems by virtue of their nutritional quality and economic importance. There is a wide scope of their exploitation in different food products including bakery products and extruded food stuffs.