How to choose rice? Six tips

As the saying goes, the seven things you need when you go out are firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. Rice is the most indispensable food in our daily life. However, the emergence of poisonous rice has made us panic. There are so many rice brands and varieties on the market. How do we choose? How can we choose high-quality rice and avoid stale rice and poisonous rice? Here are six tips on how to choose rice, so that you can choose high-quality rice~

1. [Look at the hardness]

The hardness of rice grains is determined by the protein content. The harder the rice is, the higher the protein content and the better the transparency. Generally speaking, new rice is harder than old rice, rice with low moisture content is harder than rice with high moisture content, and late indica (japonica) rice is harder than early indica (japonica) rice.

2. [Look at the belly white]

There is often an opaque white spot on the belly of rice. The white spot in the center of the rice grain is called "heart white", and the white spot on the outer belly is called "outer white". The belly white part of the rice has a lower protein content and more starch. Generally, rice grains that have too high a moisture content or are not mature enough have larger belly white.

3. [Look at the waist explosion]

The rice bursting is caused by the rapid heating of the rice during the drying process, which causes the inside and outside of the rice grains to lose balance. When eating popped rice, the outside is rotten and the inside is raw, and its nutritional value is low. Therefore, when choosing rice, you should carefully observe the surface of the rice grains. If one or more horizontal cracks appear on the rice grains, it means that the rice is cracked.

4. [Look at the yellow grains]

The yellowing of rice grains is due to chemical reactions of certain nutrients in the rice under certain conditions, or due to microorganisms in the rice. These yellow grains have poor aroma and taste, so be sure to observe the amount of yellow grain rice when purchasing.

5. [See the new and old]

The color of old rice is darker, its stickiness is reduced, and it loses its original aroma. Carefully observe the color of the rice grains. Rice with a gray powdery surface or white grooves is old rice. The more chromium content there is, the older the rice is. At the same time, pick up the rice and smell it to see if the smell is normal. If there is a moldy smell, it means it is stale rice. In addition, you also need to check whether there are worm-eaten grains among the rice grains. If there are worm-eaten grains and insect corpses, it means that the rice is stale.

6. [Look at the label]

Consumers should also pay attention to the contents marked on the packaging when purchasing rice. For example, whether the packaging is marked with the product name, net content, name and address of the manufacturer, production date and shelf life, quality grade, product standard number, etc.