name: Teff

flavor_db_name_variants: teff

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Teff

id: 489

name_scientific: Eragrostis tef

description: Eragrostis tef, teff, Williams lovegrass, annual bunch grass, taf (Tigrinya: ጣፍ? ṭaff; Amharic: ጤፍ? ṭēff) and xaafii (Oromo)), is an annual grass, a species of lovegrass native to the northern Ethiopian Highlands and Eritrean Highlands of the Horn of Africa. The word "tef" is connected by folk etymology to the Ethio-Semitic root "\tff\", which means "lost" (because of the small size of the grain). Eragrostis tef has an attractive nutrition profile, being high in dietary fiber and iron and providing protein and calcium. It is similar to millet and quinoa in cooking, but the seed is much smaller and cooks faster, thus using less fuel.

itis_id: 40738

wikipedia_id: Teff

picture_file_name: 500.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 129416

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:38:48.000Z

legacy_id: 527

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:45.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:26.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 110835

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00489