Since the mid-1970s, rice consumption in Nigeria has risen tremendously at about 10% per annum due to changes in consumer preference. Most public and private sector interventions programmes at increasing the productive capacities of various factors within the system notwithstanding, domestic production has not been able to meet the local demand leading to considerable import, which today stood ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of polishing on the glycemic properties of Indian parboiled brown rice. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN We evaluated the effect of different degrees of polishing on the glycemic and insulinemic responses of Bapatla (BPT-5204), Indian parboiled Indica rice variety. Brown rice (BR), under milled rice (UMR) and white rice (WR) with 2.3% and 9.7% degree o...

s: Background: Several studies have reported the hypoglycemic property of Fenugreek seeds (Trigonella foenum graecum), a commonly used condiment in Indian homes, due to its high dietary fiber content. Method: A total of 25 NIDDM patients were given control diets orally consisting of (i)milled rice(boiled rice),(ii) whole wheat (chapati) experimental diets consisting of (iii) boiled rice with fe...

Fifty rice varieties collected under different categories from various sources were grown at the BRRI field during the 2001 transplant aman season ( July–November). Precautions were taken during harvest and processing to prevent mineral contamination. All samples were hand-pounded before being analyzed for iron and zinc content. The iron and zinc content varied considerably within the different...

Very few studies have investigated the heavy metal contents in rice samples from a typical E-waste recycling area. In this study, 10 heavy metals (As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni and Pb) in 13 polished rice and relevant hull samples, six relevant paddy soil samples were investigated. The geometric mean concentrations of Cd, Cu and Hg in soil samples were 1.19, 9.98 and 0.32 microg g(-1), res...

Value-added processing with respect to rice milling has traditionally treated the rice bran layer as a homogenous material that contains significant concentrations of high-value components of interest for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications. Investigators have shown that high-value components in the rice bran layer vary from differences in kernel-thickness, bran fraction, rice variety...

Rice (Oryza sativa L) is the second largest important cultivated cereal. India is among major rice producing countries in world and Asia contributed 90 percent of the world cultivated area. India contributes more than 20% of paddy production in world with a figure of 152.6 MMT in 2012. Rice being invaluable alternative source of carbohydrate being easily digestible and has rare allergic reactio...