August 3, living in Wuhan City, Hanan Yap Street, Ms. Zhang called the newspaper news hotline: she traveled in Enshi, spend 28 yuan to buy back a kilogram called "gold rice" things. After returning to Han, she and her family as a rare food consumption, but after eating a few times, she and her family have heavy concerns - gold rice is a kind of what rice? Can you eat it? Why is it so expensive?
Mrs. Zhang, 50 years old, is a retired financial personnel. July 27, she and her friends group traveled to Enshi, that afternoon, after playing a spot, was brought into a small supermarket shopping guide. Salesman to them to promote a bulk "golden rice". The color of the rice is golden, crystal clear grains, exudes a charming luster. The salesman also said that this rice is a local specialty, the production is very small, "often eat good health".
Mrs. Zhang spent 28 yuan to buy a kilogram of this kind of rice, "just for a taste". After returning home, every time she cooks rice or porridge, she will follow the instructions of the supermarket salesman, to the ordinary rice with a small amount of this golden rice. Eat a few days in a row mixed with this rice cooked rice and porridge, she and her partner gradually have questions and concerns: Why is this rice called gold rice ah? Rice grains really contain gold? Is there a benefit to eating it?
To this end, the reporter found the relevant experts - Wuhan University of Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, associate professor, master's degree tutor Mr. Xu Wenjian. He said, at present, in the global scope, can be called "golden rice" thing, there are at least three kinds.
The first one is the golden rice, also known as golden rice, developed by using genetic modification technology, which is a kind of rice that is safe to consume, and it is rich in β-carotene, so its grains appear in golden color. Frequent consumption of this rice can effectively supplement vitamin A. At present, there is no such rice for sale in China.
The second kind is developed by the Koreans, which is the rice with real added trace gold elements. It is said to be 2 nanometer size gold ultrafine particles, made of gold water solution, and then the solution will be sprayed on the rice made of gold rice. Koreans claim that this rice has health care functions, but in reality, it is just a kind of rice that has been colored with gold. In China, gold can be added to liquor as a food additive, and there is no gold-added rice for sale.
The third kind is processed from corn flour. Producers will grind corn into a very fine powder, and then with the help of molds, under low temperature and high pressure, the powder is pressed into the shape of rice, was named "gold rice". The nutritional value of this rice and corn basically no difference, but the taste is better than corn, the price is much more expensive than corn, can be eaten without fear.
Professor Xu Wenjian said he watched the photos of the golden rice purchased by Ms. Zhang and listened to her story, and felt that the golden rice she purchased, in all likelihood, was made of cornmeal.
From phoenix.com