Development of milk-cereal based extruded product.

Abstract

Though India is number one milk producing country in the world, its contribution to world trade is negligible. The gap can be bridged by value addition and product diversification. Today’s consumers are increasingly seeking ‘functional’ foods for their health and well being as means of nutritional intervention in disease prevention. Dairy products enriched with the health attributes of functional ingredients such as breakfast cereals would be safe and viewed as potential novel foods for health promotion (Pal, 2007).     India is the leading producer of small millets namely, finger millet (ragi), kodo millet (kodo), foxtail millet etc.