Spanish 
Chinese 
Russian 
German 
French 
Japanese 
Portuguese 
Hindi Research Article
Investigation into the Optimum Moisture Content and Parboiling Time forMilling Igbemo Rice
| OA Oyedele* and O Adeoti | ||
| Department of Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Engineering, The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeri | ||
| Corresponding Author : | OA Oyedele Department of Agricultural and Bio- Environmental Engineering The Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria Tel: +2348034917764 E-mail: segilayo4real@yahoo.com |
|
| Received February 27, 2013; Accepted July 19, 2013; Published July 22, 2013 | ||
| Citation: Oyedele OA, Adeoti O (2013) Investigation into the Optimum Moisture Content and Parboiling Time for Milling Igbemo Rice. J Rice Res 1:101. doi: 10.4172/jrr.1000101 | ||
| Copyright: © 2013 Oyedele OA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | ||
Related article at Pubmed Scholar Google |
||
Abstract
Igbemo rice is local rice commonly produced and consumed in Ekiti State and other parts of Nigeria. One of the major factors affecting the quality of Igbemo rice is kernel breakage. This study examines the optimum moisture and parboiling time that gives the minimum amount of breakages during the milling process. Paddy rice obtained from local farmers in Igbemo town, in Ekiti State was parboiled at three different moisture contents and length of parboiling of 12, 14, 16% and 35, 40, 45 minutes, respectively. The resulting rice samples were milled at five replicates to obtain the amount of kernel breakages. The results of the process reveal that to obtain a minimum amount of kernel breakages in Igbemo rice, paddy should be parboiled for 41.5 minutes and milled at 16% moisture content.
