Fermentation has been a successful method of preservation, with an estimated consumption in excess of 5,000 varieties of fermented food globally (Johansen, 2018; Tamang, Koichi, & Holzapfel, 2016). Raw materials for fermentation include cereals, vegetables, fruits, milk, and meat; among which, cereal fermented products are very popular throughout the world (Gänzle & Salovaara, 2019). Acidic gruel is a traditional fermented food produced domestically within agrarian communities using rice, millet, glutinous rice, and other types of cereal. Raw material is first boiled and then cooled, before the residual sour broth is placed in a jar at room temperature overnight. The fermented acidic gruel can be used to make fried sour rice or sour porridge (Wang, Zhang, Zhang, et al., 2010). Millet was the main material used in acidic gruel from Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. Its protein content is similar to wheat, but the essential amino acid content is higher, and it also contains a variety of vitamins and rich mineral elements, indicating the high nutritional value of millet consumption. At the same time, it is one of the traditional Chinese herbal medicines in China, which has