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Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4k per 5kg

(www.japantimes.co.jp)
126 points PaulHoule | 2 comments | 30 Jun 25 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.577s | source
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bbarnett ◴[30 Jun 25 22:47 UTC] No.44428737[source]▶
Arsenic in rice is on the rise. There is a chart in this article, on how to reduce that.

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-find-new-way-of-cooking-...

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numpad0 ◴[30 Jun 25 23:12 UTC] No.44428918[source]▶
That method is for long-grain rice used in other parts of Asia, simply unfit for Japanese rice(or vice versa). It's just their highly British form of humor and customary jest.

I'd suggest Brits ban full leaved teas in favor of microwaved teabags while at it.

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bbarnett ◴[01 Jul 25 00:35 UTC] No.44429426[source]▶
The study is a British joke? What are you talking about?

It seems to work with all rice, just with varying effectiveness.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972...

Why do you think the study is targeting Japan? And why would the Brits joke about it?

Do you think I am? It's just good, general info. Arsenic in rice is problem, and getting worse.

I wonder why you would claim something like this, which literally can save lives, is false?

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1. jeffbee ◴[01 Jul 25 01:10 UTC] No.44429601[source]▶
Something about this study is a bit odd. Why does the white rice cooked without rinsing or draining have less arsenic than the raw rice? Is it dissolving then escaping as steam? If so, it seems like the drying step of the experiment screws up the interpretation of the results. If not, conservation of species mass is violated somehow.
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2. bbarnett ◴[01 Jul 25 01:51 UTC] No.44429822[source]▶
I looked at the chart, this is interesting.

The only thing I could think of, was that the water used was not entirely absorbed during cooking. So even the UA sample had excess water disposed of at the end.

They talk about the lid being open, but that seems not plausible for the amount shown.