Create allergy card
← Browse ingredients

Long-grain rice

Long-grain rice is a rice variety with slender grains that typically cook into separate grains for pilafs, rice bowls, and side dishes.

Long-grain rice — illustrative ingredient image

About Long-grain rice

Long-grain rice is rice with slender, elongated grains that generally remain relatively separate after cooking. The raw grains may be white, brown, or another processed form, and their aroma, starch behaviour, and final texture vary among varieties. It is used for pilafs, rice bowls, side dishes, fried rice, and other preparations where distinct grains are useful.

Properly cooked grains are typically fluffy and firm rather than sticky, although water ratio, soaking, parboiling, and cooking method affect the result. Milled, parboiled, and whole-grain forms are sold, so the label does not identify one cultivar or degree of milling.

Long-grain rice may be packaged dry or sold cooked and chilled. Its appearance and texture change with milling, colour, soaking, parboiling, and cooking: grains may remain distinct, become softer, or take on added flavour from stock, oil, coconut milk, or other recipe ingredients.

Ingredient type
whole food

FOLLOW IT TO THE PLATE

Where will you meet it?

Explore the dishes that use this ingredient and their country and cuisine connections.

Explore linked dishes

ON A MENU OR LABEL

Find local names and written forms to help recognise this ingredient.

See local names

Where long-grain rice appears

22 linked foods

Find foods to recognise by country and type. Recipes and products vary; these are recorded ingredient connections.

Showing 1–12 of 22

Main dishes

Rice dishes

Ingredient connections awaiting review · Coverage is still growing, including packaged snacks.

Name examples awaiting language review. Confirm the specific food or product.

Local names for long-grain rice

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

long-grain rice

English

ENRICHED LONG GRAIN RICE

Search alias · Not a confirmed translation

Available names only. Languages may be spoken in other countries; a name alone does not identify every ingredient in a dish.

Long-grain rice nutrition & diet

Long-grain rice nutritional value

Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, unenriched

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
365kcal
Protein
7.1g
Carbs
80.0g
Fat
0.7g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Identify whether the reference is polished white, brown, parboiled, or another long-grain rice form, since milling and processing differ. Match cooked or uncooked state and preparation method. Added oil, salt, broth, coconut products, or mixed ingredients can materially change the catalogue entry’s portion context.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to the exact long-grain rice type and cooked or uncooked state, including milling and preparation details.

Diet considerations

Long-grain rice is plant-derived and can fit plant-based diets when prepared without animal additions. Compatibility changes with broth, meat, fish, dairy, eggs, or seasoning blends. It is a cereal food whose carbohydrate pattern varies with portion and whether it is served alone, in a pilaf, or alongside other starches.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically compatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically compatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    Depends on the version
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Vegetarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Keto · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar).
Low-carb · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.

Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, unenriched ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

Last recorded verification: .