Yes, You Should Wash Rice, But Not For The Reason You Think

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Yes, You Should Wash Rice, But Not For The Reason You Think
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Rice is a staple food for billions of people in Asia and Africa.

to be the free starch on the surface of the rice grain produced by the milling process.

Other factors, such as the type of rice, family tradition, local health warnings, and even the perceived time and effort required will influence whether people pre-wash their rice.compared the effect of washing on the stickiness and hardness of three different types of rice from the same supplier. The three types were glutinous rice, medium grain rice, and jasmine rice. These different rices were either not washed at all, washed 3 times with water, or washed 10 times with water.

Instead, the researchers demonstrated the stickiness was not due to the surface starch , but rather a different starch called amylopectin that is leached out of the rice grain during the cooking process. The amount leached differed between the types of rice grains. More recently, with the heavy use of plastics in the food supply chain, microplastics have been found in our foods, including rice. The washing process has been shown to rinse up to 20 percent of the plasticsThis same study found that irrespective of the packaging you buy rice in, it contains the same level of microplastics. The researchers also showed plastics in instant rice have been found to be fourfold higher than in uncooked rice.

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