Gluten-Free Ancient Grains: Cereals, Pseudocereals and Legumes--Sustainable, Nutritious, and Health-Promoting Foods for the 21st Century

Gluten-Free Ancient Grains: Cereals, Pseudocereals and Legumes covers grains that are not related to wheat. This includes sorghum, the major millets - pearl, foxtail, proso and finger millet, as well as teff, the major pseudocereals - quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat, and emerging legume grains - lupin, cowpea, Bambara groundnut and marama beans. These are all characterized as gluten-free grains. The book provides key information on the sustainable production of these grains. Ancient grains are characterized by their ability to produce a crop under harsh environmental conditions where the major cereals are not-sustainable or even fail. In order to meet growing food demand, and with water resources becoming scarce, this is a highly valuable quality. Chapters review the major grains, analyzing their production and manufacture processes and detailing their impact on long-term good health. Of interest to many people and organizations in the food production chain, this book will be of significant value to agricultural scientists, food company innovation and R&D managers, academic and food company nutritionists and dietitians and governmental and non-governmental health ministries and research institutes. Provides a comprehensive overview of non-wheat grainsReviews the manufacture and sustainable production of these grains, detailing their abilities to grow in harsh conditions Analyzes the nutritional value of ancient grains and their health-promoting qualities INDICE: 1. Ancient Grains: Meeting the World's Food and Nutrition Needs in the 21st Century2. Global Supply of Ancient Grains in the 21st Century: Keys to Unlocking their Full Potential3. Sorghum: Its Unique Nutritional and Health-Promoting Attributes4. Millets: Their Unique Nutritional and Health-promoting Attributes5. Quinoa: Its Unique Nutritional and Health-promoting Attributes6. Amaranth: Its Unique Nutritional and Health-promoting Attributes 7. Buckwheat: Its Unique Nutritional and Health-promoting Attributes8. Lupins: Their Unique Nutritional and Health-promoting Attributes9. African Legumes: Nutritional and Health-promoting Attributes10. Wild Rice: Nutritional and Health Promoting Attributes11. Future Research in the Ancient Grains

• ISBN: 978-0-08-100866-9
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 570
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés