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All Aboutrice

The delicious flavour and fragrance of rice makes it the perfect partner for most meals. SunRice is naturally gluten free, enjoyed all over the world and served as nature intended. Scroll down to learn more.

Rice as an ingredient


Rice is used in lots of delicious food, from cereals to smallgoods to desserts. Here's just a few examples:

Breakfast cereals - whole rice for puffing and extrusion; broken rice, flour and bran for extrusion

Meals and snacks - whole rice is incorporated into various meals and puffed rice snacks. Rice flours are used in puffed, blended and extruded snacks.

Pre-mixes - rice flours are used in small goods and seasoning as a binder, carrier and texturing agent

Pet food - broken rice is added to pet foods for its nutritional benefits

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Gluten free


Some people unfortunately have an immune (allergic) reaction to gluten which causes damage to the lining of the small intestine. This damage reduces the ability of the intestine to absorb nutrients, like vitamins and minerals, leading to nutrient deficiencies.

An intolerance to gluten in the diet is managed by avoiding all foods and beverages containing gluten. Plain rice, in its various forms (e.g. white & brown rice - short, medium and long grain) is gluten free. Rice can be used in numerous ways to create gluten free savory meals, tasty snacks and scrumptious desserts.

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Rice Nutrition


There are dozens of different types of rice grains that provide different textures, tastes and nutritional value. It is considered a staple food for more than half of the world's population - particularly Eastern and Southern Asia. White rice is the most common type of rice consumed, however brown rice (wholegrain rice) is becoming increasingly popular in western countries due to the health benefits it provides. Rice is primarily composed of carbohydrate and has virtually no fat with the specific levels varying depending on the type of grain.

White Rice:

Coming in both short-grain and long-grain varieties, white rice is refined with milling and polishing therefore increasing the cooking quality and tastiness of the rice. Short-grain rice contains more starch causing it to become soft and sticky when cooked whilst long grain rice, such as Jasmine and Basmati rice, contains less starch meaning the grains don't stick together due to them being drier.

Brown Rice:

Brown rice also comes in short-grain and long-grain varieties. Brown rice is a wholegrain food and is particularly nutritious. It contains all the goodness of the wholegrain, including the bran (fibre rich outer layer) and germ (nutrient rich core) which contain many beneficial components like fibre, vitamins and minerals.

The difference between white rice and brown rice is the removal of the bran layer during the milling process.

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