Rice in human nutrition - Nutritional value of rice and rice diets

Chapter 4 Nutritional value of rice and rice diets

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The gross composition of rice and its various milling fractions was given in Table 14. It shows that rice is rich in energy and is a good source of protein. Table 15 showed that rice contains a reasonable amount of thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin E and other nutrients. It does not contain any vitamin C, D or A. Because of the quantity consumed it is the principal source of energy, protein, iron, calcium, thiamine, riboflavin and niacin in Asian diets.


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