Just a note on sorghum flour- I cook for a client who is now avoiding lignans (the latest food demon) and she asked me to swap in sorghum flour for oats in a gluten-free bread I make for her. This is one of the things that a certain consumer cares about, and it might be boosting some of the interest in sorghum.
On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 12:02 PM <collab-request@lists.millets2023.space> wrote: > Send Collab mailing list submissions to > collab@lists.millets2023.space > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.millets2023.space/mailman/listinfo/collab > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > collab-request@lists.millets2023.space > > You can reach the person managing the list at > collab-owner@lists.millets2023.space > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Collab digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Flour power (3 items) (Don Osborn) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:02:05 -0400 > From: Don Osborn <d...@milletsalliance.org> > To: collab@lists.millets2023.space > Subject: [Collab] Flour power (3 items) > Message-ID: > < > ca+rhibvwss+k494lbqznrvxxwpzehlmt46vhabfqnzykdpu...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 1. Sorghum flour cheaper than proso millet, rice, & other gluten-free > grains? > > On a grocery run the other day, I noticed this row of 3 pound bags of > flour - various gluten free flours (attached image). Basically sorghum > flour at least with this brand is about $1 / lb. less expensive than any of > the others (about $4 / lb. as compared with about #5 / lb.). Is this > typical in others' experience? > > The website for the brand pictured is: https://www.authenticfoods.com/ > For comparison, standard white flour is about $0.50. WHole wheat somewhat > higher. Organic and non-GMO a bit higher again (sorry no specific market > analysis, and I'm not typically buying flour). > > > 2. Coarse grind black sorghum flour > > Came across a coarse ground black sorghum flour on sale May be too fine > for grits, but might work in hot cereals or baking?? (Sale price $2 / 15 > oz., normally $6) > > See: https://naturenatesllc.com/search?q=black+sorghum > > > 3. Analysis of the global "millet" flour market > > An interesting analysis by Future Market Insights published last month > predicts that "Global Millet Flour Sales to Total US$ 7.8 Billion by 2034, > Amid Rising Consumer Awareness of its Health Benefits." The US part of that > is listed as $1.6 billion, or about a fifth of the global total. > > It is not said which millets go into this calculation, but proso millet is > the most traded internationally of the grains surnamed millet. (Pearl > millet and foxtail millet have higher total grain production, but > apparently are consumed closer to where they are grown.) One of the > problems we have in analysis of millerts globally is the conflation of > figures for several of the millets under the single category, "millet." > > Note the list of companies in the article under the subheading "Who is > winning?" > > See: > > www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/03/19/2848252/0/en/Global-Millet-Flour-Sales-to-Total-US-7-8-Billion-by-2034-Amid-Rising-Consumer-Awareness-of-its-Health-Benefits-Future-Market-Insights-Inc.html > > > Don Osborn, PhD > (East Lansing, MI, US) > North American Millets Alliance > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.millets2023.space/pipermail/collab/attachments/20240422/4fbbd45f/attachment.htm > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: FFL-21Feb2024-gf-flours-40pc.png > Type: image/png > Size: 2326505 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > https://lists.millets2023.space/pipermail/collab/attachments/20240422/4fbbd45f/attachment.png > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > -- > Collab mailing list > Collab@lists.millets2023.space > https://lists.millets2023.space/mailman/listinfo/collab > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Collab Digest, Vol 27, Issue 23 > ************************************** > -- *Robin Asbell* *http://robinasbell.com/ <http://robinasbell.com/>*
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