Germinated brown rice
AssigneeFancl Corporation
InventorsHiroto Shinmura, Kota Nakagawa, Chie Sasaki, Hiromichi Aoto, Misaki Onishi
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Abstract
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 α-starch prepared by the gelatinization of a part of starch.
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Germinated brown rice characterized by containing, as its constituents, at least direct reducing sugar content increased from the level in the material brown rice, and alpha starch produced through partial gelatinization of starch.
A germinated brown rice characterized by containing, as its constituents, at least 0.15 g or more of direct reducing sugar and 0.5 g or more of sucrose per 100 g of the dry weight of germinated brown rice.
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