Rice milling and parboiling trade-offs for economic and nutritional gains with special attention to sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive review
Rice is an important source of calories and nutrients for people in low- and middle-income countries. In the quest to respond to consumer preferences and attract premium prices, paddy processors increase the degree of milling (polishing), largely affecting nutritional composition and economic value...
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| author | Sali Atanga Ndindeng Erasmus Nchuaji Tang Edgar Twine Victor Taleon Micheal Frie |
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| description | Rice is an important source of calories and nutrients for people in low- and middle-income countries. In the quest to respond to consumer preferences and attract premium prices, paddy processors increase the degree of milling (polishing), largely affecting nutritional composition and economic value of milled rice. Milling and parboiling are crucial unit processing operations affecting the quality profile of rice. The literature poorly reports on milling and parboiling operations that provide economic and nutritional gains or losses. Thus, there are no standard milling and parboiling regimes recommended to influence technological and policy changes in favor of public health and nutrition. In this comprehensive review, rice milling and parboiling operations associated with nutritional, economic, food safety and environmental benefits have been presented and discussed. Optimal milling and parboiling strategies that provide nutritional, economic, food safety and environmental gains are proposed as alternatives to conventional processing technologies and practices. Improved parboiling and moderate degree of milling in two-stage systems appear to provide better economic and nutritional benefits. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8059c49ef9404cf8883e13d7abb9cecf2025-08-26T04:14:37ZengElsevierApplied Food Research2772-50222025-12-015210127410.1016/j.afres.2025.101274Rice milling and parboiling trade-offs for economic and nutritional gains with special attention to sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive reviewSali Atanga Ndindeng0Erasmus Nchuaji Tang1Edgar Twine2Victor Taleon3Micheal Frie4Africa Rice Center, Bouake, Côte d'Ivoire; Corresponding author at: 01 BP 2551, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire.Africa Rice Center, Bouake, Côte d'Ivoire; Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Yaoundé, CameroonAfrica Rice Center, Kampala, UgandaInnovation Policy and Scaling Unit, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA.Institute of Agronomy and Crop Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392 Giessen, GermanyRice is an important source of calories and nutrients for people in low- and middle-income countries. In the quest to respond to consumer preferences and attract premium prices, paddy processors increase the degree of milling (polishing), largely affecting nutritional composition and economic value of milled rice. Milling and parboiling are crucial unit processing operations affecting the quality profile of rice. The literature poorly reports on milling and parboiling operations that provide economic and nutritional gains or losses. Thus, there are no standard milling and parboiling regimes recommended to influence technological and policy changes in favor of public health and nutrition. In this comprehensive review, rice milling and parboiling operations associated with nutritional, economic, food safety and environmental benefits have been presented and discussed. Optimal milling and parboiling strategies that provide nutritional, economic, food safety and environmental gains are proposed as alternatives to conventional processing technologies and practices. Improved parboiling and moderate degree of milling in two-stage systems appear to provide better economic and nutritional benefits.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772502225005797Ricedegree of millingParboilingEconomic and nutritional returnsFand nutrition securitySustainability |
| spellingShingle | Sali Atanga Ndindeng Erasmus Nchuaji Tang Edgar Twine Victor Taleon Micheal Frie Rice milling and parboiling trade-offs for economic and nutritional gains with special attention to sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive review Applied Food Research Rice degree of milling Parboiling Economic and nutritional returns Fand nutrition security Sustainability |
| title | Rice milling and parboiling trade-offs for economic and nutritional gains with special attention to sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive review |
| title_full | Rice milling and parboiling trade-offs for economic and nutritional gains with special attention to sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive review |
| title_fullStr | Rice milling and parboiling trade-offs for economic and nutritional gains with special attention to sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rice milling and parboiling trade-offs for economic and nutritional gains with special attention to sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive review |
| title_short | Rice milling and parboiling trade-offs for economic and nutritional gains with special attention to sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive review |
| title_sort | rice milling and parboiling trade offs for economic and nutritional gains with special attention to sub saharan africa a comprehensive review |
| topic | Rice degree of milling Parboiling Economic and nutritional returns Fand nutrition security Sustainability |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772502225005797 |
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