1.   It is a particular problem in cultures where rice is a staple food, as milled rice contains none of the vitamin.

2.   Like all members of the subspecies japonica, these rices contain high levels of the starch amylopectin and low levels of amylose, the other starch in rice.

3.   Laboratory tests showed the rice contained quantities of the weed, which is otherwise known as thorn-apple.

4.   Although a carbohydrate, rice also contains protein.