Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is a small-grained annual cereal grass grown for its tiny, round, golden-yellow kernels — one of the oldest cultivated grains in the world and, after pearl millet, the second most widely grown millet today. Mild, faintly sweet and gently nutty, the gluten-free grain is boiled into porridge and steamed grain, ground into flour, and brewed; in much of East Asia it is an everyday staple, and in the West it is sold mostly as birdseed.