Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:35 PM

Heads up on Kroger white rice

I do not usually cook with rice but decided to try a new instant pot recipe, so I bought some Kroger white rice.

Rinsed it, per directions & the stench of burned plastic / awful chemicals hit my nose just as I dumped the rice into the pot.

Yes, I picked it all out & stuffed cabbage soup is fine, but wanted to give you folks a heads up.

I'd only used Jasmine rice previously, but did not want a 10# bag, so I tried this.

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
Heads up on Kroger white rice (Original post)	SheltieLover	Jan 2021	OP
I had the same problem recently	Ritabert	Jan 2021	#1
I'd read recently about rice picking up lead & other toxins	SheltieLover	Jan 2021	#2
Rice contains arsenic. I still eat it. Here is an NIH article about it	mucifer	Jan 2021	#4
Ty!	SheltieLover	Jan 2021	#6
thanks for this	KT2000	Jan 2021	#3
Yw!	SheltieLover	Jan 2021	#5
I read recently that if you wash the rice, bring it to a boil for about a minute,	fierywoman	Jan 2021	#7
Ty	SheltieLover	Jan 2021	#8
And thank you for the Kroger (by me it's Fred Meyer) heads up!	fierywoman	Jan 2021	#9
Yw!	SheltieLover	Jan 2021	#11
rice from Texas and Arkansas has quite a bit of arsenic in it, California has a lesser amount	mitch96	Jan 2021	#10
Ty!	SheltieLover	Jan 2021	#12

Response to SheltieLover (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:50 PM

Ritabert (500 posts)

1. I had the same problem recently

...but it was a generic brown rice from Albertsons. It had a plastic smell. I tossed it.

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Response to Ritabert (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:53 PM

SheltieLover (57,073 posts)

2. I'd read recently about rice picking up lead & other toxins

Cannot recall source or cause of the rice soaking up toxins. I'm furious they sold this garbage.

Ty for sharing!

Do you know what a safe rice is?

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Response to SheltieLover (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:05 PM

mucifer (22,265 posts)

4. Rice contains arsenic. I still eat it. Here is an NIH article about it

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892142/

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Response to mucifer (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:06 PM

SheltieLover (57,073 posts)

6. Ty!

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Response to SheltieLover (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:04 PM

KT2000 (20,323 posts)

3. thanks for this

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Response to KT2000 (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:05 PM

SheltieLover (57,073 posts)

5. Yw!

Another reason I detest Kroger.

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Response to SheltieLover (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:20 PM

fierywoman (6,853 posts)

7. I read recently that if you wash the rice, bring it to a boil for about a minute,

throw out the water you've been boiling it in and finish with different water, that it gets rid of a lot of the arsenic. (You can probably google for more details.)

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Response to fierywoman (Reply #7)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:23 PM

SheltieLover (57,073 posts)