MILLET GRAIN: PROSPECTS OF USE AND EXPANSION OF THE PRODUCT RANGE.

Millet grain is a promising crop for expanding the current assortment of cereal production products. Products of millet processing in the world include a wide range of food and feed products, as well as biofuel produced on the basis of food production waste (husks). Groats, flakes, plucked grains, extruded food products are produced from millet, millet flour is widely used for the production of composite flour mixtures with baking flour, bakery and confectionery products, etc. In the Register of plant varieties suitable for distribution on the territory of Ukraine (Register) 35 varieties of common millet Panicum miliaceum L., which can be used as a food grain, are registered. The most common millet variety in Ukraine is Myronіvs'ke 51. It was entered into the Register in 1978. Indirectly, depending on varietal characteristics and growing conditions, millet can contain 8-18% protein, 3-5% fat, 59-69% carbohydrates, 2-3% sugars, 1-3% fiber and 2-3% ash. The chemical composition of millet contains water-soluble vitamins B1, B2, B5, B6, B9, PP, and millet is also an important source of macroelements such as Cu, I, Br, Ca, Fe, Zn. One of the possible solutions for increasing the quantitative indicators of millet processing and increasing the yield values of finished products is the inclusion of water-heat treatment in the stage of grain preparation before husking. Conducting water-heat treatment makes it possible to strengthen the core and, accordingly, reduce by 5-7% the amount of formation at the dehulling and pearling stage of by-products and waste. The lack of a water-heat treatment stage in the traditional scheme is also due to the fact that at the time of publication and approval of the Rules, there was no technological equipment that would allow detecting and removing potentially damaged grains from the technological process effectively enough, especially considering the characteristics of millet grain. In addition, millet is the only crop in the range of which the Rules recommend producing only one type of groat. Taking into account the sufficiently balanced chemical composition of millet, there is a need to expand the range of products from this grain and justify their production modes, as well as to modernize and revise the existing technological process for the production of classic millet groats in the direction of using modern technological equipment, which will allow to increase the controllability of various stages of the technological process at simultaneous reduction of energy costs for production. Today, instant cereals or cereals that do not require cooking, flaked products and cereal breakfasts, muesli, cereal bars, multi-grain cereals, granola, etc. are widely popular in the World and also in Ukraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]