Written by Catherine Saxelby
on Wednesday, 27 August 2014.
Tagged: healthy eating, Product Snapshot, review
White rice – it’s bland, easy to eat, quick to cook, inexpensive and able to take on the flavours of anything. While it’s a nice counterpoint to other strong flavours, such as curries and spicy fare, white rice is not a nutritionist’s choice having been stripped of its nutrient-rich outer coat during milling. It’s high in refined carbs, high GI with little fibre and B vitamins for its digestion. Brown rice is the way to go …
Brown rice is so much healthier for you. It has three times more fibre and thiamin (B1) than white rice. There’s also a lot more potassium, magnesium, manganese and phosphorus. Heck then I spotted Sunrice’s blended grain product which contains 60 per cent brown rice mixed in with 40 per cent Barleymax ™ which is a souped-up variety of barley bred by CSIRO. Read more about here. Well I quickly realised that this is the the perfect combo of whole grain nutrition. Here’s why:
Pack size: 750 g uncooked grain in a handy resealable zip pouch pack.
Nutrient |
Per serve 1/3 cup raw (70 g) |
Per 100 g |
Energy - kJ | 1010 | 1440 |
- Cal | 241 | 344 |
Protein, g | 5 | 7 |
Fat, g | 3 | 4 |
Carbohydrate, g | 43 | 62 |
Sugar, g | 2 | 3 |
Fibre, g | 11 | 16 |
Sodium, mg | 2 | 3 |
Photography by Nicholas Hannah
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