"We highly recommend this method while preparing rice for infants and children as they are highly vulnerable to arsenic exposure risks."
he spent quite a bit of time first rinsing the rice under the faucet, pressing it down and draining the water out...probably 5 or 6 times.
It's good to know now that this is good for you twice over
More recently, with the heavy use of plastics in the food supply chain, microplastics have been found in our foods, including rice. The washing process has been shown to rinse up to 20% of the plastics from uncooked rice.This same study found that irrespective of the packaging (plastic or paper bags) you buy rice in, it contains the same level of microplastics. The researchers also showed plastics in (pre-cooked) instant rice have been found to be fourfold higher than in uncooked rice. If you pre-rinse instant rice, you could reduce plastics by 40%.
