Brown rice--is it alright to use instant brown rice?

[Lisa R.]

I try to buy and eat whole grains. We eat rice once or twice a week. I do buy brown rice, but I buy the instant. How much healthier is this than the white rice? I admit I do this purely for convenience.

 

When trying to eat healthier, is instant brown rice a good choice?

[Laura Corin]

I really don't know - I have a rice cooker and it's easy to cook normal brown rice. I would look at the backs of the packets next time you are in a shop, to compare fibre, protein and other nutritional contents between the two kinds.

 

Laura

[Parrothead]

If you are buying the kind that contains only dehydrated brown rice then you should be good. Not much different than eating rehydrated previously dehydrated apples.

[Lisa R.]

If you are buying the kind that contains only dehydrated brown rice then you should be good. Not much different than eating rehydrated previously dehydrated apples.

 

 

I buy Uncle Ben's instant brown rice. I'm not sure if it is dehydrated or not. Would this show on the package?

[swellmomma]

I don't like instant brown rice(like uncle ben's) I find it is too sticky/gooey and gross. I like my rice to be fluffy for the most part.

[Parrothead]

 

I buy Uncle Ben's instant brown rice. I'm not sure if it is dehydrated or not. Would this show on the package?

 

Brown rice maybe salt. I use Minute Rice brown rice occasionally when time is tight. I think the only thing in the box is brown rice, and maybe salt.

[shukriyya]

It recently came to light that brown rice from the US has high levels of arsenic. There are many articles on this issue that you can find by googling.