Fonio have high fibre content and is low in carbohydrates. The carbohydrate in fonio is easy to digest, and the fibre allows the foods to move easily through the digestive systems.
Acha fonio contains no gluten (i.e. gluten-free); some people are allergic to gluten found in wheat. Its nutritional qualities meet current needs in terms of malnutrition, for example, but also for future needs such as chronic disease, diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure.
You can have fonio gluten-free for breakfast (e.g. pap fonio or used it as porridge), lunch (e.g. jollof fonio or rice and fonio) or dinner (e.g. fonio fufu eaten with various soup like vegetable soup, okra vegetable with stew, melon etc.). It is for all meals