How to distinguish clean rice and poor quality rice

What is clean rice? What is poor quality rice?

Clean rice

• Produced from clear rice sources, no harmful preservatives used.
• Natural rice grains, unbleached, odorless.
• Safe for long-term use.

Poor quality rice

• Rice is moldy, infested with weevils or has lost its natural scent.
• It may be mixed with old and new rice, or treated with chemicals to create a white color.
• Unclear origin.

How to distinguish clean rice and poor quality rice

Observe the color of the rice grains

• Clean rice: rice grains have a natural color (ivory or milky white depending on the type), not too shiny.
• Poor quality rice: often abnormally white, shiny, sometimes with a blue tint - a sign of bleaching or chemical polishing.

Check the scent of the rice

• Clean rice: natural light fragrance, not strong.
• Poor quality rice: has strange smell like medicine, chemical smell, musty smell.

Note: Some naturally fragrant rices will have a stronger scent, but not an unpleasant one.

Check the looseness and shape of the rice grains

• Clean rice: even grains, few broken grains, no yellow grains or impurities.
• Poor quality rice: many broken grains, mixed with dust, broken grains, impurities, or many black grains/silky grains.

Test by washing rice

• Clean rice: when washed, the water is a bit cloudy because of the thin bran layer, but quickly becomes clear again.
• Poor quality rice: the water is unusually cloudy or has strange residue → may have been bleached.

Observe while cooking rice

• Clean rice: rice is evenly cooked, naturally fragrant, sticky or soft depending on the type.
• Poor quality rice: rice is dry and hard, easily broken, loses its fragrance or has a strange smell when cooked.

Soak rice in water

Put a handful of rice in a cup of clean water:

• Clean rice: rice grains sink to the bottom.
• Poor quality rice: grains float or float due to being soaked in chemicals or mixed with impurities.

Signs of adulterated rice

How to choose clean and safe rice

Why should you choose clean rice for your family?

• Safe for health, no need to worry about toxic chemicals.
• Keeps all the natural nutrients of rice grains.
• Delicious flavor, soft and sticky rice, suitable for all meals.

Conclude

Understanding how to distinguish clean rice from poor quality rice will help you avoid unsafe rice floating on the market. Just by observing the color, scent, trying to wash and cook, you can easily identify good rice for your family.