Amaranth is easy to grow, nutrient rich and underutilized pseudo cereal that has important role inrnactions against hunger and malnutrition that occur due to low rainfall conditions. The study focusedrnon the development of bread and malt flour from blends of amaranth with cereals (wheat, maize andrnrice). Proximate composition, physicochemical and farinographic properties were investigated torncharacterize raw materials and food products. Factorial design was implemented and experimentalrndata were subjected to ANOVA to check for significant differences (p