FOXTAIL MILLET

Nutritional Profile:

One of the best digestible and non-allergic grains with a nutty flavor and high content of copper and iron;

Foxtail millet is one of the oldest cultivated millets. It is the third largest crop among the millets, cultivated for food in semi-arid tropics of Asia and as forage in Europe, North America, Australia, and North Africa. Foxtail or Italian millet may well have unrealized potential for grain production. It forms a slender, erect, leafy stem varying in height from 1-5 feet. Seeds are borne in a spike-like, compressed panicle resembling yellow foxtail, green foxtail, or giant foxtail. The grains are very similar to paddy rice in grain structure. They contain an outer husk, which needs to be removed in order to be used. It matures in 65-70 days. Three to four decades ago, foxtail millet was consumed as the staple food. It has double quantity of protein content compared to rice.