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Ruby Red Jasmine Rice

I used Ruby Red Jasmine Rice for my Turkey & Chard over Red Jasmine Rice recipe.  This is a fair trade, whole grain rice grown in the Surin region of  Thailand.

Alter Eco Ruby Red Jasmine Rice (Khao Deng variety) is an ancient whole grain rice that is as nutritionally charged as it is colorful. Its crunchy texture and earthy flavored paired with a cocktail of essential proteins and minerals, making it an all-around sustainable choice! It is a rare grain that is found in Surin, a province in the East of Thailand situated along the Cambodian border. Inhabitants of this particular region have long relied on this nutritious rice as a complement to their daily diet.

Farmers of the Agrarian Cooperative of Surin cultivate the Alter Eco Red Rice using traditional farming methods that ensure quality and respect for the environment. Chemical fertilizers and pesticides have been replaced with organic fertilizers and natural plant extracts to produce this premium quality, environmentally friendly rice.

I am a proponent of fair trade and also producing as close to organic as you can, so this was a good fit for me.  The flavor of the jasmine rice was good, better than white rice, but not as strong as wild rice, and not as aromatic as basmati but somewhere in between. I would buy it in the store, definitely.  If I’m going to buy rice, it should be whole grain and hold as much nutrition as possible.  Some of the white rice – especially the instant has lost a lot of their great qualities in the processing.  This rice, didn’t lose it’s outer shell in the processing which contains most of the nutrients and is a lot easier to digest.

My grade A-. 

I was given Alter Eco Ruby Red Jasmine Rice to review.  No payment exchanged, and my opinion is my opinion.

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