The colour change in rice grain during parboiling is mainly caused by maillard reaction, diffusion of husk pigments in the endosperm during soaking and processing conditions in parboiling which determines the intensity of colour (Lamberts et al., 2006).
The colour change inrice grain during parboiling is mainly caused by maillard reaction,diffusion of husk pigments in the endosperm during soaking andprocessing conditions in parboiling which determines the intensityof colour (Lamberts et al., 2006).