TOP 3 BEST RICE VARIETIES CHOSEN BY CONSUMERS

Rice

Rice is a food product obtained from the rice plant. Rice grains are usually white, brown or dark red in color and contain many nutrients. Rice grains are the kernels of paddy after being milled to remove the husk. After milling, rice grains are called brown rice, brown rice or brown rice. If further milling is done to separate the bran, it is called milled rice or white rice. If milled to retain most of the nutritious bran, it is called milled rice or whole grain rice. Rice is a popular food for nearly half of the world’s population. Rice can be cooked into rice or porridge by boiling in water or steam. Parboiled rice is the type of rice obtained from paddy that is soaked in hot water or dried in steam and then dried before being processed through other processing steps such as milling, milling, and polishing. The broken pieces of rice in the rice fields, when drying, during transportation or when milling and screening rice are called broken rice. Rice can also be roasted until golden and then pounded into rice bran, a spice. The flour made from rice by soaking and grinding, called rice flour, is the main ingredient of many popular cakes and vermicelli in Asia.

Rice can be processed into many different types of food such as green rice cake, sticky rice cake, banh tet, banh chung, xoi, noodles, vermicelli, pho or wine.

Rice is the staple food in Asian cuisine, different from the staple food in European and American cuisine which is wheat and wheat flour.

8 Health Benefits of White Rice

White rice is an extremely important food in every family. Using white rice for each person not only provides a full meal but also brings extremely good benefits to your health.

• Contains many nutrients: Rice contains many special nutrients such as magnesium, vitamin B6, iron, calcium, protein, potassium. Moreover, rice does not contain bran and phytic acid, rice only contains carbohydrates that are good for the body.
• Does not contain toxic metals: Toxic metals such as arsenic and bran are not present in white rice.
  Non-allergenic food: This is a food that does not cause any allergies. White rice contains healthy carbohydrates, helping to balance hormones.
• Provide energy: A bowl of white rice can provide you with enough energy throughout the day. High carbohydrate content helps convert energy for your body to function
• Promote muscle growth: Rice contains protein (essential amino acids) to help you fully absorb all the amino acids for muscle building.
• Treat digestion: White rice contains gluten, helping you prevent diarrhea most effectively. Especially for women with morning sickness, white rice is always the number one and safe choice.
• Strengthen the immune system: White rice contains magnesium, a mineral that helps strengthen the body’s immune system. In addition, white rice also contains thiamine, which helps enhance the brain. Low sodium levels are very suitable for patients with high blood pressure.
• Diuretic: White rice is very good for treating diuretics. It helps eliminate water retention in the body by increasing the number of times you urinate.
• Good for teeth: Using white rice will benefit the health of your teeth because it does not contain phytic acid, an acid that destroys tooth enamel like other foods. Using white rice will help you avoid tooth decay.

Top 3 Best Rice Varieties

 

1. ST25 Rice

ST25 Rice – the best rice in the world, named after the place where it was researched and produced. ST25 is Soc Trang 25. This is a fragrant rice variety of Soc Trang, researched for 20 years by engineer Ho Quang Cua, Dr. Tran Tan Phuong, and engineer Nguyen Thi Thu Huong. ST25 is a famous new fragrant rice variety with many “premium” qualities.

In 2019, ST25 rice was recognized as the best rice in the world after surpassing Thai and Cambodian rice varieties at the 11th World’s Best Rice competition organized by The Rice Trader. By 2020, ST25 rice won second prize at the “World’s Best Rice 2020” competition held in the US.
What makes ST25 rice special is the nutritional content contained in each grain of rice. The protein content in rice is 10 times higher than that of regular rice, along with fiber and magnesium. ST25 rice grains are long, white, and not chalky. When smelled, it has a fragrant smell like young rice. Rice cooked from ST25 rice is delicious, sticky and sweet. In particular, this type of rice has a high protein content, so it is suitable for people with diabetes, both the elderly and children.

2. ST24 Rice

ST24 rice is famous as a rice variety in the Top 3 most delicious rice varieties in the world, researched by engineer Ho Quang Cua and commonly grown in Soc Trang. The rice grains are long and slender, clear white and have a faint pandan aroma when cooked, making the rice fragrant even when cooled. In particular, the high nutritional content helps to make you feel full easily, suitable for the elderly and people with diabetes, so this is a type of rice that many people love to choose for their grandparents and parents.

Besides, there is also a special clean rice from Soc Trang, chosen by many consumers, that is ST21 rice. ST21 rice, also known as Long Lai rice, is produced from the ST rice variety, a specialty of Soc Trang province. ST21 rice is a type of rice that engineer Ho Quang Cua researched, selected and crossbred from specialty fragrant rice varieties. Therefore, ST21 rice has outstanding nutritional content as well as delicious taste, plus being widely grown, ST21 rice has become familiar to Vietnamese consumers.

3. Jasmine 85 rice

Jasmine 85 rice is a popular rice variety in our country. Jasmine rice is a popular rice variety grown in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam during the winter-spring and summer-autumn seasons. It is a rice variety that produces stable yields. Jasmine 85 fragrant rice has a long shape, is white in color, has a characteristic aroma when cooked, and has a light sweet taste that is easy to eat. It is loved by many people and is produced and exported to many different countries around the world.