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Related: About this forumHeads up on Kroger white rice
I do not usually cook with rice but decided to try a new instant pot recipe, so I bought some Kroger white rice.
Rinsed it, per directions & the stench of burned plastic / awful chemicals hit my nose just as I dumped the rice into the pot.
Yes, I picked it all out & stuffed cabbage soup is fine, but wanted to give you folks a heads up.
I'd only used Jasmine rice previously, but did not want a 10# bag, so I tried this.
Ritabert
(667 posts)...but it was a generic brown rice from Albertsons. It had a plastic smell. I tossed it.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Cannot recall source or cause of the rice soaking up toxins. I'm furious they sold this garbage.
Ty for sharing!
Do you know what a safe rice is?
mucifer
(23,542 posts)KT2000
(20,577 posts)Another reason I detest Kroger.
fierywoman
(7,683 posts)throw out the water you've been boiling it in and finish with different water, that it gets rid of a lot of the arsenic. (You can probably google for more details.)
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I don't think arsenic was what I was smelling, but good to know. Ty!
fierywoman
(7,683 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Ty!
mitch96
(13,895 posts)South east Asia has hardly none YMMV
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Farmers in the south central United States controlled boll weevils with arsenic-based pesticides, and residual arsenic still contaminates the soil.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892142/
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-much-arsenic-is-in-your-rice/index.htm