A millet tea constituted of multi millets was launched at a two-day fruits mela, which started in Puttur on June 17.
Manufactured by Kariakal Amman Foods Private Limited of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the millet tea is distributed in the market by Mangaluru-based Vijaya Associates underneath the model identify Enchi Crunchi.
Deekshit Vijaya, a accomplice of Vijaya Associates, informed The Hindu that the millet tea is wealthy in magnesium, zinc and calcium. Its elements are pearl millet, finger millet, sorgham millet, maize, wheat, barley, groundnut, sago, tea mud, Bengal gram, cashewnut and cardamom. He claimed that millet tea has no caffeine content material.
The mela is collectively organised by Navateja, an organisation of Puttur, and Junior Chamber International of Puttur, in affiliation with Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bengaluru.
Vijaya Associates additionally distributes millet-based edible beverage ingesting cups manufactured by Rosma Biscuit Cups, a start-up based mostly in Kerala, underneath the identical model identify (Enchi Crunchi).