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In the post- production of rice, milling plays a very important role. This process helps in removing the husk and the bran layer above the rice. To produce edible, pure and milled rice, milling is the most crucial step.

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Storage silos are containers used for storage of bulk stock. These bulk storage silo systems are used for both short-term storages as well as for long-term storage of food products. Grain Storage Silos are cylindrical in shape and are made up of high-quality galvanized steel. Silos used for short-term bulk grain storage have conical bottom … Continue reading "Vertical and Horizontal Silo – Bulk Storage"

The process of removing the husk and bran layers, and producing white rice kernel that is free of impurities is referred to as rice milling. Usually, the three methods of purifying the rice are a one-step process where husk and bran removal are done together, a two-step process where husk and bran are removed separately, … Continue reading "Different Types of Rice Milling Processes & Methods"

Paddy Drying is the basic process of yielding rice. During the paddy arrival season, the moisture percentage in freshly harvested paddy is 18% and above, the paddy should be dried to bring down the moisture percentage of 14% which is ideal for storage purpose. After the process of parboiling and steaming the moisture increases to … Continue reading "The Advanced Paddy Drying System"

Rice has remained the staple food to more than half the humanity since time immemorial despite waves of food revolutions. Covered by two different layers, namely- bran (the inner layer) and husk (outer layer), Rice paddy becomes rice only when the two layers are removed properly through hulling and milling of paddy and hence processing … Continue reading "Different Milling Techniques– Modern and Traditional Mills."

Modern technology needs to be inducted at a rapid pace to keep abreast of the changes worldwide. Maintaining high quality and output while maintaining consistency of rice is not an easy task.

Popularly known as the easy to cook rice, Parboiled rice actually connotes partially boiled rice that is the grain is simmered in the husk. Parboiled rice, thus apparently is a precooked form of rice, but on closer analysis is found to be erroneous.