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In order to ensure raw material quality the farmers are supplied with selected seed. These seeds have been developed through partnerships with research institutions, within official standards and are monitored by the Ministry of Agriculture. Besides assisting the farmers this system enables product standardization, since the varieties of rice that are planted are a known factor.
The best from start to finish.
Constantly investing in the latest technology, automation and coworker training. Thereby it is always ready to comply with the most stringent market demands. Its rice selection, production, handling and storage processes are automated and are carried out with latest generation equipment which allows permanent evaluation, stringent control and grain tracking from the moment of arrival till the goods leave the company. This means greater security and the certainty of an excellent product.
More nutrition, more health, more flavor.
Presently Brazil has the most advanced parboiling technology in the world. The process in use preserves the highest percentage of vitamins and mineral salts in the rice grain. The great difference lies in the pre-cooking (parboiling) procedure, which is done using only mineral water with natural fluoride. This process, which besides ensuring total product quality, brings out an unmatched flavor.
Parboiling
This process is based on the hydrothermal treatment of rice while it is still within its husk. Water and heat dissolve the vitamins and mineral salts, which are in the husk and rice germ. These nutrients remain in suspension in the water, which is free of any chemical agents, and migrate to the inside of the rice grain by absorption. Next the rice is subjected to high temperature with which the grain starch gelatinizes and fixes the nutrients. During the next stages the rice goes into a drier and from there to husking, polishing and selection.