Organic Long Brown Rice - 1kg

$4.99 $3.50

Product of Argentina. 1kg bulk.
Certified Organic by Argencert.

According to Wikipedia: When only the outermost layer of a grain of rice (the husk) is removed, brown rice is produced. To produce white rice, the next layers underneath the husk (the bran layer and the germ) are removed, leaving mostly the starchy endosperm. Several vitamins and dietary minerals are lost in this removal and the subsequent polishing process. A part of these missing nutrients, such as vitamin B1, vitamin B3, and iron are sometimes added back into the white rice making it “enriched”. One mineral not added back into white rice is magnesium; one cup (195 grams) of cooked long grain brown rice contains 84 mg of magnesium while one cup of white rice contains 19 mg. When the bran layer is removed to make white rice, the oil in the bran is also removed. Rice bran oil may help lower LDL cholesterol. Among other key sources of nutrition lost are small amounts of fatty acids and fiber.

Many researches show that “enriched” vitamins and minerals that are added to food are not significantly assimilated by the body. This makes the original nutrients in Brown Rice much more valuable.