Forms of Rice:
Regular-Milled Rice – Rice that undergoes traditional milling without parboiling or precooking.
Parboiled Rice – Parboiled rice is rough rice that has been steamed under pressure, dried and milled (see Parboiled Rice below).
Precooked (Instant) Rice – Precooked rice has been completely cooked and dried or dehydrated. As a result, precooked rice only requires rehydration or brief cooking before serving.
Individually Quick Frozen (IQF) Rice – Cooked rice grains are individually frozen before packaging to provide a free-flowing ingredient for use in frozen and prepared food products and for ease of use in foodservice operations.
Seasoned Rice Mixes – Regular milled, parboiled or precooked rice containing pre-measured seasonings for ease of preparing a variety of flavored finished products, such as wild rice blends, Spanish rice, rice pilaf, yellow rice and more.