坻坞小米，又称坻坞贡米，特色小米.。 据传，唐贞元十六年，德宗皇帝偶尔品尝了当地供奉的小米，食后大悦：“清爽可口，真乃神米，何不为贡？”地方志载：清乾隆帝饮用此米，王气振作，龙颜大悦，夸其为神米，遂定为贡品，并赐御匾“敕赐义民”。自此，坻坞贡米闻名遐迩。
       
    营养与功效 
       
    该米产于豫西古城渑池县仁村乡坻坞十里河川。该川地下水资源丰富，土质肥沃，土壤养份独特，这里天然的生长环境和条件形成了独具特色的坻坞小米。加之当地农民选用传统的谷种播种，使坻坞贡米与其它地域，迥然不同。坻坞贡米米粒饱满，色黄如金，米油丰富，粘糊性强，煮饭可揭三层米纹，凉后与碗粘合，入口甘醇，清香宜人，回味悠长。经有关部门检验，内含丰富的蛋白质、粗脂肪、赖氨酸，多种维生素和矿物质元素。常食此米，可健脾益胃、补血降压、抗病抑癌，延年益寿，强体健身，对消化不良、高血压、冠心病有较好的预防作用，是孕妇、儿童、年老体弱以及慢性病患者理想之补品，馈朋赠友首选之佳品。1、含有丰富的脂肪，为大米8倍，且主要为不饱和脂肪酸。2、含有大量的维生素E，为大米的6倍。3、膳食纤维含量丰富，为大米的5.2倍。4、含钾高含钠低，钾钠比大米为9：1，而小米为66：1，坻坞小米为82：1,经常吃些小米，对高血压患者有益。5、含铁量高，为大米的5倍；含磷也丰富，为大米的2.3倍。这就是小米能补血、健脑的原因。



    Chiwu millet, with another name of Chiwu Tribute Millet, is a distinctive breed. According to the local county records, the Emperor Qianlong in Qing Dynasty ever gave it a high praise after eating it and set it as a tribute. From then on, Chiwu tribute millets earned its widespread reputation.
  
    Chiwu millets are produced in Shili Stream in Chiwu Village, where plentiful rich water resource, fertile and unique soil produce distinctive millets. Besides, local people sow traditional seeds so that they are much different with others. Chiwu millets are plump, golden-colored, much sticky and have rich millet oil, sweet taste, fragrant smell and lasting flavor. This millet contain plentiful protein, rough fat, lysine, various vitamins and so on, which make them have medical functions of tonifying spleen and stomach, reducing blood pressure, prolonging lifetime, strengthening physique, etc. Thus, this millet is an ideal tonic for pregent women, children, the old, the weak and the chronic, as well as a preferred choice to send others as a gift.