Freezing brown rice

Brown rice is a whole grain rice with the inedible outer hull removed. This kind of rice sheds its freezing brown rice hull or husk but the bran and germ layer remain on, constituting the brown or tan colour of rice.

Studies by Gujral and Kumar in 2003 estimated a cooking time between 35 and 51 minutes. Brown rice in West Bengal, India. Brown rice has a shelf life of approximately 6 months, but hermetic storage, refrigeration or freezing can significantly extend its lifetime. The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Rice plants accumulate arsenic, and there have been concerns over excessive arsenic levels in rice. There is more arsenic in the bran, so brown rice contains more arsenic.

The European Union has introduced regulations on arsenic in rice, but the United States has not. Natural arsenic levels in groundwater and soils vary. Rice grown in some regions contains less arsenic than others. Arsenic from pesticides and poultry fertilizer may be taken up by rice.