Millets may be relatively little known in the Global North currently, but the small, nutrient dense and drought-resistant grains (well, technically seeds), could be poised to become the next quinoa with the power to turbo-charge sales of CPGs featuring...
India has implemented new comprehensive food safety and quality standards for millets in the country in anticipation of a production and demand boom as the United Nations has designated 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
The central ingredient of Kanira wholegrain biscuits is nutrient-rich and climate smart pearl millet (an under-the-radar superfood native to India); Teatis is providing a tasty solution for the 122+ million people living with diabetes or prediabetes in...
In the run-up to the International Year of Millets (IYOM) in 2023, India’s Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has organised a series of challenges to raise awareness of the forgotten ancient grain and encourage participation from startups and...
The UK health food brand’s Fonio Ancient Super-Grain – touted as the ‘new quinoa’ – is being marketed as the alternative staple to intensively farmed cereals.
Indian social enterprise Mrida Group has launched two millet products, Upma and Khichdi, to cope with the growing trends of clean label, nutritious, and ethnically sourced ready to cook (RTC) meals for Indian consumers.
Bengaluru-based Croitre Millet is setting up an office in France following the approval of its millet premixes by the Laboratoire D’essais Des Materiels Et Produits Alimentaires (LEMPA).
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) says it foresees rolling roll out new varieties of drought- and disease-resistant grains to African farmers next year to increase food security in the region.
