showed that brown rice contains many nutrients, such as vitamins
(thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid and tocols) and minerals.
However, due to the hardness and the unfamiliar taste and texture
of BR, the parboiling and germination processes were applied.
These processes help to reduce the hardness of BR by
pre-gelatinising the rice, which leads to a softened texture.
Furthermore, parboiling and germination of BR also increases the
bioactive compounds in BR