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Theme _ Korean Processed Rice Foods
Delicious Makeover of
Korean Rice
A processed rice food market is growing rapidly in Korea
owing to the increasing number of single and the families
where both spouses work. With the sticky and elastic taste
of the newly-cooked rice, HAC’s frozen rice products are
sufficient for one meal
Korean rice has infinite
transformations. It can
become tteok (rice cake),
cereal, bread, snacks,
noodles, and so on.
Top 4 Reliable, High-End Korean Processed Rice Foods
Rice is rich in dietary fiber as well as in protein,
fat, and vitamins. What’s more, its
high digestion-absorption rate makes it a
good food to prevent obesity, a high cholesterol level,
and diabetes. A number of recent studies demonstrated
that the test results of students who regularly have
rice for breakfast are 5 percent better on average than
those of the students who do not. As the nutritional
excellence of rice has been clearly shown by these
studies, Korean consumers in great numbers are moving
away from the products that use imported wheat
and are looking for processed foods that use rice.
The Korea Rice Foodstuff Association (KRFA) selects
the “Top 10 of the High-end Processed Rice
Foods” every year and provides information on reliable
processed rice products to Korean consumers.
The KRFA evaluates the rice-processed foods that
use over 30 percent rice in terms of taste, package design,
potential for expanded demand, and awareness.
A combination of methods including evaluations by
experts, consumers, and peers is being used. In this issue,
introduces consumers overseas
to processed rice foods produced for export
among the high-end Korean processed rice foods.
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