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Bran is the hard outer layer of cereal grains, and along with germ, it is an integral part of whole grains, and is often produced as a by-product of milling in the production of refined grains. (Whole grains are cereal grains that retain the bran and germ as well as the endosperm, in contrast to refined grains that retain only the endosperm).
When bran is removed from grains, they lose a portion of their nutritional value
Bran is present in and may be milled from any cereal grain, including rice, wheat, maize, oats, and millet.
Bran is particularly rich in dietary fibre, and contains significant quantities of starch, protein, fat, vitamins, and dietary minerals.
The high oil content of bran makes it subject to becoming rancid quite easily, one of the reasons that is often separated from the grain before storage or further processing.
Bran oil may be also extracted for use by itself for industrial purposes (such as in the paint industry), or as a cooking oil, such as rice bran oil.
Rice is one of the world's most important food crops and more than half of the people in the world eat rice as the main part of their diets.
The first stage of the milling process is to remove the tough outer hulls of paddy rice and the result is brown rice, or rice with the bran coats still intact. The next stage is to remove the bran coats, then rice is polished, graded and packaged for use.
The resulting bran is typically a by-product of the milling process and because of it's very short shelf life almost all of the 40 million metric tons of rice bran produced each year is discarded as unfit for human consumption.
Rice bran is a good source of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids and antioxidant nutrients .
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Inside This Issue |
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| What is it about rice bran? | 1 |
| Top 5 Reasons For Getting A Positive Swab | 2 |
| Rice Bran and Gamma Oryzanol – What Is The Difference? | 3 |
| The Importance of B Vitamins | 4 |
Special points of interest:
Rice Bran and Gamma Oryzanol - One is a fat supplement the other a nutraceutical.