Fancl Corporation

Hiroto Shinmura

Hiromichi Aoto

Kenichi Ishiwata

Tomomi Sugino

Sachiko Someya

Keiko Tsuchiya

Aya Mizukuchi

Misaki Onishi

Chie Sasaki

Kota Nakagawa

Sachiyuki Teramoto

Mitsuo Kise

It is intended to provide germinating brown rice having an improved taste and cooking characteristics. Namely, germinating brown rice containing at least a direct reducing sugar component in an elevated amount compared with the starting brown rice and, if necessary, further containing &#x3b1;-starch prepared by the gelatinization of a part of starch.

Germinated brown rice

The invention relates to germinated brown rice which can be easily and deliciously boiled even by a household rice cooker without impairing its original nutritive value, and has excellent mouth feel and shelf stability. The germinated brown rice can be provided by subjecting germinated brown rice to a heat-moisture treatment and drying the treated germinated brown rice to a water content of 10 to 18% by mass and a degree of gelatinization of 5 to 50%.

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Yokohama, Japan

Hiroto Shinmura