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Lotus Foods Gourmet Organic Forbidden Rice, 11 Pound @ 31.61 after 5% ss $31.61

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00595JJ76/
I have been looking for the healthy rice for months. This is the most attractive price for black rice. I never tried the brand before but I usually mixed with brown rice 1:1 and cook in brown rice cook, tasting as good as white rice and kids love colorful rice.
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Created 09-23-2021 at 05:31 PM by Trolleysun
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Model: Lotus Foods Gourmet Organic Forbidden Rice, 11 Pound (Pack of 1)

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peekpoke
09-23-2021 at 06:05 PM.
09-23-2021 at 06:05 PM.
Convincing 1 star review says "This is dyed rice, not real black rice"
Has photos and details this brand is fake.
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madcowdisease
09-23-2021 at 06:31 PM.
09-23-2021 at 06:31 PM.
Quote from peekpoke :
Convincing 1 star review says "This is dyed rice, not real black rice"
Has photos and details this brand is fake.

Lol. Yes, the pigment is water soluble. That doesn't mean it is "dyed."

The average Amazon reviewer has the same IQ as your average conspiracy theorist.

Lotus Foods is a known brand.
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ThriftyIdea6692
09-23-2021 at 10:31 PM.
09-23-2021 at 10:31 PM.
Quote from madcowdisease :
Lol. Yes, the pigment is water soluble. That doesn't mean it is "dyed."

The average Amazon reviewer has the same IQ as your average conspiracy theorist.

Lotus Foods is a known brand.
You only say that because you're obviously part of the Deep World-Encompassing Rice-Dying Conspiracy! Wink
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daledemp
09-24-2021 at 01:21 AM.
09-24-2021 at 01:21 AM.
Never eat any food products from China! You have been warned!
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peekpoke
09-24-2021 at 09:00 AM.
09-24-2021 at 09:00 AM.
Quote from madcowdisease :
Lol. Yes, the pigment is water soluble. That doesn't mean it is "dyed."

The average Amazon reviewer has the same IQ as your average conspiracy theorist.

Lotus Foods is a known brand.
Photos of the rice in reviews show a black interior.
Real black rice is only black on surface.
Real black rice's pigment turns red with vinegar, fake does not.
It's white rice colored with a dye.
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madcowdisease
09-24-2021 at 09:09 AM.
09-24-2021 at 09:09 AM.
Quote from peekpoke :
Photos of the rice in reviews show a black interior.
Real black rice is only black on surface.
Real black rice's pigment turns red with vinegar, fake does not.
It's white rice colored with a dye.

Okay, buddy. Let me spell it out for you.

Black rice is actually a very dark purple. The same pigment that makes blueberries appear "blue" - anthocyanins. These are water soluble, you don't need a mild acid to make it disassociate. Blueberries easily stain fabrics without the presence of acid, kapish?

The pigment is concentrated in the hull of the rice, which is part of what makes brown rice brown and in this case, black rice "black." Removal of the hulls is what makes white rice "white."

It has absolutely nothing to do with dyeing or any such thing. But if you're making food decisions based on Amazon reviews, I suspect you're in that camp of brilliant souls who are using horse dewormer to fight a respiratory virus. In that case…there are microchips and trackers embedded in this rice, so that's why you don't want to eat it. The "dye" accumulates in your body but is only visible if you use special goggles with the lenses spray painted and while wearing a hat made of aluminum foil.
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Kyle Pile
09-24-2021 at 10:26 AM.
09-24-2021 at 10:26 AM.
this is good rice, i use it. but the deal is dead Frown
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bodhimind
09-27-2021 at 09:29 AM.
09-27-2021 at 09:29 AM.
Quote from peekpoke :
Photos of the rice in reviews show a black interior.
Real black rice is only black on surface.
Real black rice's pigment turns red with vinegar, fake does not.
It's white rice colored with a dye.
Kinda self-contradictory there... real black rice is black on the inside and outside is what I think you meant.
https://draxe.com/nutrition/black...-benefits/

If not, prove it.
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09-27-2021 at 09:32 AM.
09-27-2021 at 09:32 AM.
All this back and forth about real black rice and I'm just sitting here wanting to know why it's "forbidden" rice, lol.
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scoobysteve
11-28-2021 at 07:58 AM.
11-28-2021 at 07:58 AM.
Made in China
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