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What is brown rice? Where does it come from?
Brown rice: Brown rice is the caryopsis after removing the outer protective cortex rice husk, and the inner protective cortex (pericarp, seed coat and nucellar layer) is intact. Because there are more crude fibers and bran wax in the inner protective cortex, it has a coarse taste and a compact texture, and it takes time to cook, but the slimming effect is remarkable. Compared with ordinary refined white rice, brown rice is rich in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber, and is regarded as green and healthy food.

Brown rice comes from rice, and rice comes from the Yangtze River valley, including Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan Basin, Shaanxi and southern Henan, all of which are two seasons a year. Early rice varieties are mostly indica rice, and middle rice is mostly indica hybrid rice. Japonica rice is the main crop of continuous cropping and single cropping rice. South of Nanling, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan Province, Hainan and southern Yunnan, are mostly double-season rice, and some are three-season rice; Indica rice is the main planting variety, and japonica rice is planted in mountainous areas.