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Rice Processing Alliance reviews research

Arkansas team wins regional food science college bowl

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Academy inducts three

Food Protection Workshop features security expert


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Rice Processing Alliance reviews research

Fissuring Study -- Program Associate Jun Estorninos describes an experiment that uses an environment chamber and a camera with intense light to detect fissures in rice kernels during a tour by participants in the Rice Processing Program Industry Alliance meeting.		Rice Analysis -- Associate Professor Jean François Meullenet demonstrates a near infrared instrument that uses an invisible spectrum of light to analyze fat, protein and moisture content of rice and other grains during a tour by the Rice Processing Program Industry Alliance.

A comprehensive database of the physical and chemical properties of rice was a hot topic at the U of A Division of Agriculture's Rice Processing Program's 14th annual Industry Alliance meeting May 23 and 24 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Fayetteville.

University Professor Terry Siebenmorgen, coordinator of the Rice Processing Program, said. "This database will make available to the industry a systematic compilation of rice characteristics that will encompass the many rice varieties, growing locations and environmental conditions that have an impact on rice quality."

Siebenmorgen said the database will provide access to findings from a variety of research projects over a period of years and will be updated with new research results. The database project is led by food scientist Jean-François Meullenet and includes food scientist Ruben Morawicki, rice physiologist Paul Counce and rice breeders James Gibbons and Karen Moldenhauer in addition to Siebenmorgen.

The annual meeting with rice processors "is a way for us to make sure our research is reaching those who are supporting our program and is relevant to their needs," Siebenmorgen said.

The Rice Processing Program has helped processors improve product quality through a better understanding of the causes of fissuring of rice kernels and how drying, storing and handling methods can be adjusted to reduce fissuring and breakage of kernels.

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