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Red Rice

Red rice is rice that is colored red due to natural anthocyanin content. It is usually eaten unpolished or partially polished and has a red bran layer, rather than the more common pale brown. Red rice has a nutty flavor. It has the highest nutritional value among rices eaten with the bran intact.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Oryza rufipogon
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Oryza
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Poales
Habit: grass

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