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What is Rice?

Rice is the Primary food source for more than half of the World’s population and it grown in all continents of World except Antarctica.
Approximately 2 billion household in Asia, Africa and America depend on rice system as main source of nourishment employment and income.
United Nation General Assembly has declared 2004 at the “international year of rice”. Dedication of an international year to a single crop calls for the importance of rice in food security, poverty alleviation and environmental management.

What is Oil?

In this content, we call it as vegetable fats and oils, are lipid valuables derived from plants.
Physically oils are liquid at room temperature and fats are solid. But since the definition of room temperature vary; we measure natural oils by a melting range instead of single melting temperature.
Edible oil are an important ingredients of human diet. They help in mobilization and absorption fat soluble vitamins such as vitamins A,D,B, & K. They are the source of essential fatty acids known as omega 6 and omega 3 which help in controlling bold pressure, bold clothing, inflammation, cholesterol etc.

Rice bran oil is the oil extracted from the germ and inner husk of rice. It is notable for its very high smoke point of 490°F (254°C) and its mild flavor, making it suitable for high-temperature cooking methods such as stir frying and deep frying. It is popular as a cooking oil in several Asian countries, including Japan and China.

Rice bran oil contains a range of fats, with 47% of its fats monounsaturated, 33% polyunsaturated, and 20% saturated. The fatty acid composition of rice bran oil is:

Fatty acid	Percentage
Palmitic	15.0%
Stearic	1.9%
Oleic	42.5%
Linoleic	39.1%
Linolenic	1.1%
Arachidic	0.5%
Behenic	0.2%

Consumed at room temperature or cooler, rice bran oil is rich in vitamin E, gamma-oryzanol (an antioxidant that may help prevent heart attacks), and phytosterols (compounds believed to help lower cholesterol absorption), which may provide associated health benefits. Heating it likely means the beneficial properties are lost.

Uses and Health Benefits :

Frying
Pure rice bran oil, exhibits excellent frying performance and contributes a pleasant flavor to the fried food. It possesses good storage stability and fry life without hydrogenation. These properties make it a premium choice for frying upscale products with delicate flavors. Most Japanese restaurants in the USA have now switched to Rice Bran Oil for their Tempura Frying Oil because of its superior performance in this special application. General frying applications, ranging from French fries to chicken, rice bran oil exhibits excellent taste and texture. Since hydrogenation isn't required for stability, it is a natural high-quality liquid frying oil that is also free of trans-fatty acids.

Stir-Frying
Rice Bran Oil is also a great choice for use in stir-frying. While its delicate, nut-like character complements the natural flavor of stir-fried meats, seafoods and vegetables, it never overpowers them. A further advantage is its natural resistance to smoking at high frying temperatures. Not surprisingly, rice bran oil has quickly become the oil of choice by many high-end Asian-American restaurants.

Salad Dressing
Rice Bran Oil has a light, barely perceptible flavor, making it wonderful to use with gourmet vinegars and spices. The oil emulsifies easily, so dressings don't separate.

Baking
Because of rice oil's light flavor, it has found favor in baking applications. Brownies and other baked goods made with rice oil turn out light and delicious. Baking sheets and cake pans coated with rice oil allow the baked goods to come out of the pan or off the cookie sheet with no trouble at all.

Soap Manufacturing
Rice Bran Oil has a long and successful history in Japan as a base for soaps and skin creams. The oil is purported to reverse the effect of aging by slowing the formation of facial wrinkles thanks to rice bran oil's rich concentration of Vitamin E and gamma-oryzanol. In Japan, women who use rice bran oil on their skin are known as 'rice bran beauties'. In the US, rice oil has gained a strong and loyal following with soap manufacturers and artisans.

Supplement for Horses, Dogs and other animals
Rice oil has found favor with performance horses or older horses that have a difficult time keeping weight on. The rice oil is purported to give horse and dog coats a rich, shiny look. Some zoos are even feeding rice oil as a supplement to their tigers and lions!

HEALTH BENEFITS OF TOPHE GRILLING OIL
Gamma Oryzanol
Rice bran oil is rich in gamma-oryzanol, a group of ferulate esters of triterpene alcohols and phytosterols. The high antioxidant property of gamma-oryzanol has been widely recognized. Studies have shown several physiological effects related to gamma-oryzanol and related rice bran oil components. These include its ability to reduce plasma cholesterol, reduce cholesterol absorption and decrease early atherosclerosis, inhibit platelet aggregation, and increase fecal bile acid excretion. Oryzanol has also been used to treat nerve imbalance and disorders of menopause.

Tocotrienols
Rice bran oil is the only readily available oil, other than palm, that contains significant levels (approximately 500 ppm) of tocotrienols. These occur in at least four known forms and are similar to the tocopherols in chemical structure. They belong to the vitamin E family and are powerful natural antioxidants. The protective benefits of dietary antioxidants in the prevention of cardiovascular disease and some forms of cancer have been widely publicized.

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Rice Bran Oil is a healthy oil with uses in cooking, frying, as a salad dressing, baking, soap making, as even a supplement to horses, dogs and other animals.

Why Rice Bran Oil in cooking? For grilling, you need an oil that can take the heat. Specifically, you want an oil with a high smoke point, the point at which oil starts to smoke. When cooking, you don't want your oil to smoke, because it imparts a negative flavor to the foods.

Rice bran oil's smoke point is 490 degrees F, higher than even grapeseed oil (480 degrees) or peanut oil (320 - 450 degrees). This means that even in the hottest of situations, rice bran oil won't smoke or breakdown. Your foods will taste better, and they will be less likely to stick to the grill or griddle.

Pure rice bran oil is a rich source of Vitamin E, an anti-oxidant. Rice bran oil is also a rich in the neutraceutical gamma-oryzanol (see below for health benefits).

Rice Bran Oil has NO cholesterol and NO trans fatty acids. It is naturally low in saturated fat.
Rice Bran Oil is also rich in oleic and linoleic fatty acids.
Rice Bran Oil is naturally free of trans fatty acids (TFA's)

STATUS OF RICE BRAN OIL IN INDIA
India is the second largest producer of rice in the world next to China, having potential to produce about 12 lakh tonnes of Rice Bran Oil per annum. Currently the industry is processing about35 lakh tonnes of Rice Bran Producing about 6.0 lakh tonnes of Refined Rice Bran Oil per annum, out of which 5.5 lakh tonnes is of edible grade and the balance 0.5 lakh is of non edible grade. In India, Rice Bran Oil is the most important oil among the non-conventional oils in terms of its potential to augment the availability of oils. Full realization of its potential would help in reducing the gap between demand & supply of indigenous edible oils in the Indian market. A lot of research has been carried out on this oil by National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad. Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. The Research Institutes in India & abroad have found this oil to be a “Heart Friendly – Health Oil” with unique properties beneficial for maintaining good health. In association with TMOP, CSIR, Ministries of Food Processsing and Food & Consumer Affairs, The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India(SEA) in its endeavour to popularize Rice Bran Oil as “Health Oil” has so far organized seven National Seminars and number of workshops to create “Consumer Awareness” all over the country in last six years.

STATUS OF RICE BRAN OIL IN OTHER COUNTRIES

Rice Bran Oil is extensively used in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Thailand as a “Premium Edible Oil”.
In Japan, Rice Bran Oil is more popularly known as a “Heart Oil”.
In recent years, US Scientists have also shown a tremendous interest in the Cholesterol lowering properties of Rice Bran Oil.
In Western countries, Rice Bran Oil has acquired the status of a “Health Food”.

STATUS OF RICE BRAN OIL IN THE USA
RICE BRAN OIL for food use has been commercially produced in the United States by RITO since 1994. Despite its similarities to other common vegetable oils, rice bran oil offers several unique properties that make it very interesting as a specialty oil in niche markets.