ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION OF Secale cereale L. AS FUNCTIONAL FOODS

Among cereals, rye has the highest content of dietary fiber and contains a broad spectrum of bioactive compounds (Koistinen et al., 2018) that have been shown to affect physiological processes relevant to health. Rye dietary fiber contain of arabinoxylan, cellulose, ß-glucan, fructans, and lignin and are considered as the main driver of the health effects of rye foods. Rye bread and bakery products play an increasingly important role in a healthy diet, it is recommended in the diet of diabetics and people with high blood pressure (Glamočlija et al., 2015; Rajičić & Terzić, 2022). Because of the content of soluble dietary fiber, rye foods have cholesterol-lowering properties. According to FAO data, the area under rye in the world, in 2020, in about 60 countries in the world was 4,446,927.00 ha, the total grain production was 15,022,273.00 tons and the average world yield was 3.38 t ha-1.