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Red Rice

Wholegrain rice with a reddish bran layer.

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About Red Rice

Red rice is wholegrain rice whose reddish-brown bran layer remains on the grain. It is cooked and served like other rice, as a side dish, grain bowl base, stuffing, salad ingredient, or component of mixed dishes. Red-rice varieties differ in grain length, cultivation, and degree of processing.

The bran gives the dry grain a russet to reddish color and a more pronounced grain character than polished white rice. Depending on variety and cooking, it may be firm and chewy, tender with separate grains, or softer and more cohesive. Aroma and flavor range from mild and nutty to earthy.

It is commonly sold as dry wholegrain rice, sometimes with partially milled or blended forms. Rinsing and simmering soften the grains; soaking can shorten cooking and encourage more even tenderness. Cooking deepens the color and produces an edible grain with a pleasantly substantial bite.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

Red Rice

English

Red rice, boiled in unsalted water

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Red Rice nutrition & diet

Red Rice nutritional value

Rice, red, raw

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

Calories
356kcal
Protein
7.0g
Carbs
80.4g
Fat
2.9g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 11-876. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Use the edible rice grain after removing inedible husk, and distinguish dry grain from cooked rice. Milling, polishing, soaking, and cooking alter the form being compared. Record additions such as oil, salt, broth, vegetables, or legumes separately from the plain rice reference.

Compare the right form: Match references to the same red rice variety and processing state, specifying wholegrain or milled grain and dry or cooked form.

Diet considerations

Red rice is a plant-derived cereal grain. Plain wholegrain, milled, parboiled, and cooked forms are not interchangeable for reference purposes. Compatibility changes with dairy, meat, fish, or broth additions, and with mixed dishes containing other cereals, sauces, or coatings; portion size affects carbohydrate patterns.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Rice, red, raw ↗. 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.

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