What is parboiled rice?

Parboiled Rice is Commonly known as "half-cooked rice" in the international market.
Parboiled rice is a rice product with high nutritional value, high rice yield, high oil yield, long storage period, short cooking time and other characteristics, which is made of rice as raw material, after water heat treatment such as cleaning, soaking, cooking and drying, and then processed by conventional rice milling and processing method.
The selling price of steamed rice in the international market is usually l0% ~ 5% higher than that of white rice of the same specification.
Compared with ordinary rice, steamed rice has more advantages in terms of nutrition, diet and storage:
1. High nutritional value.After heat treatment with water, vitamins, inorganic salts and other water-soluble nutrients in the cortex of rice diffused into the endosperm, which increased the nutritional value of steamed rice.
2. High cooking rate.The rice yield was 37-76% higher than that of the white rice of the same quality.
3, cooking time is short, easy to cook, can save fuel.
4. Storage resistance.When rice is cooked, most of the microorganisms are killed, reducing insect attacks.The inactivation of rice enzyme resulted in loss of germination ability and prolonged storage period.The characteristic of steamed rice is very suitable for the transportation and storage of grain under special environment and conditions.