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Rice is an edible starchy cereal grain and the plant by which it is produced. Roughly one-half of the world population, including virtually all of East and Southeast Asia, is wholly dependent upon rice as a staple food; 95 percent of the world's rice crop is eaten by humans.
Rice Consumption Facts
- Rice is an ancient cereal grain that nourishes two-thirds of the world’s population.
- There are more than 40,000 different varieties of rice. Of the 40,000 varieties, more than 100 grow world-wide, but only around 10% are marketed and sold.
- Rice provides 20% (that’s one fifth) of the world’s dietary energy supply.
- Rice is gluten free and the most non-allergenic of all grains.
