Nutritional Composition and Health Benefits of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter)
Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) (Poaceae) is an annual crop with a very tiny grain. The crop is mainly cultivated in Ethiopia and Eritrea where it is used in preparing a pancake-like staple food called injera. Teff grain is the smallest of all whole flour grains in the world with a length of a...
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| description | Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) (Poaceae) is an annual crop with a very tiny grain. The crop is mainly cultivated in Ethiopia and Eritrea where it is used in preparing a pancake-like staple food called injera. Teff grain is the smallest of all whole flour grains in the world with a length of about 1.0 mm and a width of about 0.60 mm. The popularity of the crop is rapidly increasing throughout the world because of its attractive nutritional and functional properties. Thus, the crop is being successfully introduced and cultivated in many parts of the world including the USA, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The growing global demand for the grain is due to its gluten-free nature, high level of essential amino acids (EAA), high mineral content, low glycemic index (GI), high crude fiber content, longer shelf life, and slow staling of its bread products compared to that of wheat, sorghum, rice, barley, and maize. The grain is linked to several health benefits including prevention and treatment of diseases such as celiac disease, diabetes, and anemia. These call for huge research opportunities to explore the nutritional and functional properties of the grain. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f698c13fd39648b3ae3134499791e3572025-02-03T05:53:52ZengWileyJournal of Food Quality0146-94281745-45572020-01-01202010.1155/2020/95950869595086Nutritional Composition and Health Benefits of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter)Yoseph Asmelash Gebru0Desta Berhe Sbhatu1Kwang-Pyo Kim2Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Mekelle Institute of Technology, Mekelle University, P.O. Box 1632, Mekelle, Tigray State, EthiopiaDepartment of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Mekelle Institute of Technology, Mekelle University, P.O. Box 1632, Mekelle, Tigray State, EthiopiaDepartment of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do 561-756, Republic of KoreaTeff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) (Poaceae) is an annual crop with a very tiny grain. The crop is mainly cultivated in Ethiopia and Eritrea where it is used in preparing a pancake-like staple food called injera. Teff grain is the smallest of all whole flour grains in the world with a length of about 1.0 mm and a width of about 0.60 mm. The popularity of the crop is rapidly increasing throughout the world because of its attractive nutritional and functional properties. Thus, the crop is being successfully introduced and cultivated in many parts of the world including the USA, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The growing global demand for the grain is due to its gluten-free nature, high level of essential amino acids (EAA), high mineral content, low glycemic index (GI), high crude fiber content, longer shelf life, and slow staling of its bread products compared to that of wheat, sorghum, rice, barley, and maize. The grain is linked to several health benefits including prevention and treatment of diseases such as celiac disease, diabetes, and anemia. These call for huge research opportunities to explore the nutritional and functional properties of the grain.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9595086 |
| spellingShingle | Yoseph Asmelash Gebru Desta Berhe Sbhatu Kwang-Pyo Kim Nutritional Composition and Health Benefits of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) Journal of Food Quality |
| title | Nutritional Composition and Health Benefits of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) |
| title_full | Nutritional Composition and Health Benefits of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional Composition and Health Benefits of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) |
| title_short | Nutritional Composition and Health Benefits of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) |
| title_sort | nutritional composition and health benefits of teff eragrostis tef zucc trotter |
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