The difference between indica rice and regular rice is the different appearance and taste.

The difference between indica rice and ordinary rice lies in the appearance, indica rice grains are slender or rectangular, more than 7 millimeters long, ordinary rice is short and wide, oval shape. The protein content of indica rice is higher than that of ordinary rice, the protein content of indica rice is more than 8%, and ordinary rice is only 7%. Common rice is also divided into many kinds of rice, crystal rice, northeastern rice, pearl rice common indica rice are Thai fragrant rice, Chinese fragrant rice and so on.

Indica series of rice made from indica glutinous rice is called indica rice, high rate of rice after cooking, viscosity is small, rice is brittle, easy to break when processing, cross-section flat and round, the color is white and transparent, some translucent opaque. Ordinary rice branched chain starch, easy to be absorbed by the body, sticky. The nutritional difference between the two is not great, both contain protein, fat, dietary fiber, vitamins.

Types of indica rice:

Based on the rice harvesting season, it is divided into early indica rice and late indica rice. Early indica rice grains wide and thick and shorter, pinkish-white, belly white large, powdery, fragile and fragile texture, viscosity is less than the late indica rice, the quality is poorer. Late indica rice grains are slender and slightly flattened, fine organization, generally transparent or translucent, belly white is smaller, more hard texture grains, oily, better quality.

In the international market, there are according to the length of indica rice grain is divided into long grain rice and medium grain rice. Long grain rice grain shape is long and thin, the ratio of length and width is generally greater than 3, generally for the wax white transparent or translucent, is the best quality of indica rice. Medium grain rice grain shape is long and round, slightly fat than the long grain rice, length and width ratio between 2-3, generally translucent, abdominal white more, more powder, loose after cooking, taste more rough.