Table 2
Dietary fiber of polished head rice of pigmented (Jyothi, Aishwarya, Kar Bhatha,
medium and small) and non-pigmented, (IR-64) rice varieties before and after
parboiling (g/100 g).
Rice varieties Insoluble fiber Soluble fiber Total fiber
Jyothi RPHR 3.20 0.10a 1.00 0.10a 4.20 0.00a
PPHR 4.35 0.35A 0.85 0.05A 5.20 0.40A
Aishwarya RPHR 2.90 0.20b 1.25 0.05a 4.15 0.15a
PPHR 4.20 0.30A 1.25 0.05B 5.45 0.25A
Kar Bhatha (Medium) RPHR 3.20 0.00ad 0.90 0.10abd 4.10 0.10a
PPHR 5.05 0.05B 0.90 0.20AB 5.95 0.15BA
Kar Bhatha (Small) RPHR 3.05 0.05abd 0.90 0.20acd 3.95 0.15a
PPHR 5.05 0.25CB 0.95 0.15AB 6.00 0.10CAB
IR-64 RPHR 2.90 0.00cba 1.05 0.05a 3.95 0.05a
PPHR 3.45 0.15D 1.05 0.15AB 4.50 0.00D
(ae)RPHR: Raw Polished Head Rice; (AE) PPHR: Parboiled Polished Head Rice.
Values are mean standard deviation of three determinations (n ¼ 3).
Values within the same column with different letters are significantly different at
p < 0.05.