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Brown rice

Brown rice is a kind of rice. Cooks use it as a cereal grain.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Made from
Rice
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Brown rice, whole

Photo: Billjones94 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use brown rice

Cooking with it

Brown rice generally takes longer to cook than white rice, unless broken or flour-blasted. A 2003 study estimated cooking times of 35–51 minutes.

Nutrition

What 100 g of brown rice holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 8%Fat 4%Carbohydrate 88%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of brown rice, raw
Energy366 kcal · 1,534 kJ
Protein7.3 g
Fat3.3 g
of which saturated0.59 g
Carbohydrate77 g
of which sugars0.66 g
Fibre3 g
Sodium0 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of brown rice, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium250 mg
Calcium8.1 mg
Iron1.2 mg
Magnesium115 mg
Zinc1.9 mg
Folate23 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169703, 2512380), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: brown rice in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
rice
A kind of
rice

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What brown rice is called

Names in 41 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    arroz integral · Arroz cargo · Arroz pardo · Arroz moreno

  • French

    riz complet · riz brun · riz cargo · riz brun complet

  • Italian

    riso integrale

  • Portuguese

    arroz integral

  • German

    brauner Reis

  • Dutch

    zilvervliesrijst · volkorenrijst · bruine rijst

  • Russian

    коричневый рис

  • Polish

    ryż brązowy · Brązowy ryż

  • Arabic

    أرز كامل · الارز الكامل

  • Persian

    برنج سبوس‌دار

  • Hebrew

    אורז חום

  • Hindi

    Brown rice

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  • Basque

    Bihi osoko arroz

  • Bulgarian

    кафяв пълнозърнест ориз

  • Cantonese

    紅米

  • Catalan

    arròs integral

  • Chinese

    糙米 · 玄米

  • Czech

    hnědá rýže · celozrnná rýže

  • Danish

    brune ris

  • Filipino

    pinawa

  • Finnish

    tumma riisi · täysjyväriisi · ruskea kokojyväriisi

  • Galician

    Arroz moreno

  • Indonesian

    Beras merah

  • Japanese

    玄米

  • Javanese

    Beras soklat

  • Korean

    현미 · 핍쌀 · 매조미쌀

  • Lithuanian

    Natūralūs ryžiai

  • Malay

    Beras perang

  • Malayalam

    ഉണക്കലരി · ഉണക്കരി · Unakkalari · ഉണങ്ങലരി

  • Min Nan Chinese

    chhò-bí · tshò-bí

  • Minangkabau

    bareh sirah

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    brune fullkornris

  • Shan

    ၶဝ်ႈလႅင်

  • Simplified Chinese

    糙米

  • Slovenian

    rjavi riž

  • Swedish

    råris · Fullkornsris

  • Tamil

    பழுப்பு அரிசி

  • Telugu

    ముడి బియ్యము

  • Thai

    ข้าวกล้อง · ข้าวซ้อม · ข้าวซ้อมมือ

  • Traditional Chinese

    糙米

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    糙米

  • Ukrainian

    Коричневий рис

  • Vietnamese

    Gạo lứt · Gạo lật · Gạo rằn · Gạo lức

  • Yiddish

    ברױנער רײַז

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q1066624

Photos

Photo: Billjones94 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons