Project Number: 6435-41000-091-00
Project Type: Appropriated

Start Date: Oct 29, 2003
End Date: Dec 30, 2004

Objective:
Through basic and applied research, new technologies for converting rice bran, hulls, endosperm components, in situ and isolated, into high value, high demand products that incorporate their unique nutritional and functional properties will be developed targeting the following objectives: 1) health-beneficial products obtained from rice bran and hulls; 2)low oil-uptake rice products; and 3)rice breads comparable to commercial white and whole wheat breads.

Approach:
Physical and chemical methodologies will be employed for converting rice bran, rice hulls and their components into value-added products. Anticipated new processes and value added products are: 1) efficient, environmentally-friendly processes for extraction of protein from full-fat and defatted rice bran for infant formulations, nutritional supplements, and food ingredients; 2) rice wax, bran, and hull fractions with desirable functional and health-beneficial properties (e.g. cholesterol-lowering, anti-oxidative); 3) low oil-uptake rice and rice/sweet potato products (battered covered vegetables, snack foods); and 4) rice breads comparable to commercial white and whole wheat breads.

Project Team

Champagne, Elaine Guraya, Harmeet Kadan, Ranjit Shih, Frederick

Related National Programs

Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products (306)