What is multigrain atta?
“Multigrain” means that the atta contains more than one type of grain. So, it is made from crushing more than one kind of cereal grain. However, this is not the same as “whole grain atta”.

You can devise your own recipe of multigrain atta. However here are a few ingredients that you can in your multi-grain atta:

Wheat Flour (approximately 50% to 75% of total)
Ragi which is high in calcium. An excellent ingredient in winters.
Jowar which is high in iron and fibre.
Bajra that is loaded with fibre.
Buckwheat flour that is loaded with rutin which is excellent for blood pressure management.
Oats
Chana Dal
Soya Bean
Fenugreek Seeds

The whole wheat atta was supposed to be wholesome, nutritious and loaded with gut-benefiting fibre. However, people often complain about packaged atta to have more maida as it is heavily processed. Therefore the awareness about what people are eating is on the rise.

With the rising awareness, more and more people in India are getting to know about grains they have not traditionally used as it was not available easily in their local markets. India is home to many such grains such as bajra, jowar, malla, ragi any many more. Today people across the country are aware of the nutritional values of many such grains.

The above two led to the rise of experimentation with grains and millets in the Indian market. However, even today wheat remains to be the grain of the first choice for many. This is what led to the rise in popularity of multi-grain atta.

Multigrain Atta Vs Other Atta
“Atta”, as we call it, is whole wheat flour. It is a staple food in India, in which the whole grain- including the bran and the germ are crushed. This gives it the rougher texture and brownish colour.

In maida, only the smooth, white portion of the cereal grain is crushed. This is the reason the flour is white in colour and slippery to touch.

Multi-grain flour, on the other hand, is neither. It literally means the flour that is made by crushing more than one type of cereal grain. This does not necessarily mean that it is made by crushing different type of whole grains.

Multigrain Atta Vs Whole Wheat Atta
Since white flour or maida is made only from the while part of the grain, it does not contain nutritious elements like proteins or fibers. Whole wheat grains, on the hand, use the entire grain and retain proteins and fibers. Whole wheat is far superior to white flour.

Studies show that whole-grain multi-grain flour is even more nutritious and healthy than single whole-grain flour.
However, when you buy “multi-grain atta”, are you really going for a healthy choice? Or is it just another marketing gimmick to make you purchase old wine in a new bottle?

Multigrain atta in India
In India, roti or chapattis are a staple food. These are usually made from atta or whole wheat flour. However, there are many other types of atta found all over the country, some of which are eaten more regularly than atta by certain communities. These are made from millets, particularly bajra and jowar

There are many brands in India in the market. The most common grains used in this regard are wheat, soya, channa, oat, maize, ragi and barley.

However, there is no guarantee that brands will give whole grain atta when they tell you they are selling “multigrain atta”.

Check the packaging carefully. Unless it specifically mentions “whole grains”, chances are, you are getting the usually refined flour, which is stripped of most of its nutrients. Multigrain atta is usually more expensive than regular atta.

Aashirvaad Multigrain Atta
Aashirvaad multigrain atta is a combination of 6 grains.

Aashirvaad multigrain atta ingredients

Whole wheat atta (90.9%), Multigrain flour mixture (9.1%)(Defatted soy flour, Oat flour, Psyllium husk powder, Maize flour and Bengal gram flour).

Aashirvaad multigrain atta price

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Benefits Of Whole Grain
The best option is to go for wholewheat flour. Even better, go for whole-grain multi-grain flour. Check the product packaging to make sure that you are getting what you want.

Studies show that people who eat whole grains and whole-grain flour are more active, and are healthy overall.

If you are asking yourself at this point, “is there any way I can have wholewheat multigrain attain my diet”, you need not worry. You can make your own healthy multigrain wholewheat atta very easily.