Frontiers | Rising Demand for Healthy Foods-Anthocyanin Biofortified Rich Colored Wheat Is a New Research Trend
Wheat is a vital and preferred energy source in many parts of the world. Its unique processing quality helps to prepare many products such as bread, biscuit, pasta, noodles, etc. In the world of rapid economic growth, food security in terms of nutritional profile began to receive more significant interest. The development of biofortified colored wheat (black, purple, and blue) adds nutritional and functional health benefits to the energy-rich wheat. Colored wheat exists in three forms, purple, blue, and black color, depending upon the types and position of the anthocyanins in wheat layers, reg...