FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Heirloom varieties of other common grains-such as black barley, red and black rice, blue corn-might also be considered ancient grains. Other grains largely ignored until recently by Western palates (such as sorghum, te, millet, quinoa, amaranth) would also be widely considered to be ancient grains.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although millet is not as well known as other cereal crops such as wheat and rice, it’s considered to be an ancient crop, first cultivated in Asia more than 4, 000 years ago.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ancient grains include varieties of wheat: spelt, Khorasan wheat (Kamut), einkorn, and emmer; the grains millet, barley, teff, oats, and sorghum; and the pseudocereals quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, and chia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Species belonging to the genus Amaranthus have been cultivated for their grains for 8, 000 years. Amaranth plants are classified as pseudocereals that are grown for their edible starchy seeds, but they are not in the same botanical family as true cereals, such as wheat and rice.