date:Apr 29, 2016
minerals in the grain core during growth and during soaking, which can also reduce the glycaemic index (GI) of white rice.
'Optimising rice processing is also important for farmers and industry as grain breakage during milling can cause crop value to plummet to as little as one per cent, something parboiling can help to avoid.'
Dr Laura Pallas, Rice Chemist at the NSW DPI, says changing global rice processing and eating habits is an enormous task, as there are deeply entrenched expectations a