Difference between Brown Rice and White Rice | Brown Rice Vs White Rice

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Rice is the most common and widely grown cereal all around the world. It is the staple diet of more than half of the population all over the world. It has a lot of varieties of different flavours, sizes and colours. White rice is the most popular but with growing awareness about the health benefits of brown rice, brown rice is also getting popular.

What is Brown Rice?

Brown rice is called brown because except for the outermost hull it retains all the layers which give the grain a  slightly tan colour and has a nut-like flavour. During the process of milling the germ and bran layer is not removed and very minimal processing is done so that it remains unrefined and unpolished. Its nutrient content is very high and thus very beneficial for health.

What is White Rice?

On the other hand does not have husk, germ and bran as it is removed in the milling process leaving behind just the white kernel, which is White Rice. After this it is polished to give it a bright white colour, this results in some vitamins and minerals getting stripped off. To compensate for this loss it is later fortified with additional vitamins and minerals.

Brown Rice Vs White Rice

Now lets us summarize the key differences below in a tabular manner:

Brown Rice

White Rice

It contains all parts of grains.

It does not contain germ and bran layers.

It undergoes minimal processing.

It undergoes heavy processing.

Requires more time to cook.

It requires less time.

It cannot be stored for a long duration as it has a low shelf life.

It can be stored for a very long time.

Nutritional content is high.

Nutritional content is low.

The Glycemic index is low.

The Glycemic index is high.

Fibre content is high.

Fibre content is low.

Need to soak for at least 8-10 hours.

Need to soak for half an hour.

Carbohydrate content does not get stored as body fat so helps in losing weight.

Carbohydrate gets converted to body weight thus not ideal for losing weight.