UNCLE BEN'S Converted Rice - 80 oz

Uncle Ben's is the best rice on the market, A lot of supermarkets don't carry this rice anymore which is strange but I figured I would order through amazon. I enjoy cooking this brand of rice.

Who knew this old standby from my youth would be not only good for lowering blood sugar (counterintuitive with a starch like rice but look up studies on it) , and a boon to my 'Microbiome'!?Apparently this is a good source of Resistant Starch, which acts as a prebiotic - as important as the probiotic -- feeds the good bacteria in your gut, which is your '2nd brain' and the source of many feel good (or feel bad) hormones and neurotransmitters.People who have checked their blood sugar post meal with this actually found it lowered. I havent tried it myself and I don't have diabetes, but I know keeping the blood sugar lower is an important aspect of weight control - which I am always interested in doing.So many health issues people are struggling with in our country can be related to problems in the microbiome -- believe it or not there are actually more bacteria in us than there are ''us'' cells, and their makeup and communication determines in great degree our health or lack of it - including emotions and cognitive abilities -not to mention immune support.Because of all the ''insults'' our guts and bodies take with processed empty ''foods'' pesticides like glyphosate that are endemic in conventional food crops, pollution and depleted soils, we have to take conscious steps to rebuild our intestinal flora, and something like resistant source starch like this can help, together with clean fruits and vegetables, fiber, clean water, and adding some cultured foods like sauerkraut or fermented beets etc, kimchee, kefir etc.Since I have tried being more conscientious about this I have found my mood is improved, I feel mentally sharper, and just an increased sense of well being (and more regular BMs too :).Who knew!?

I only use Uncle Ben’s rice for jambalaya and rice on the side of my protein dishes like steak, chicken or fish because all of Uncle Ben’s rice is of a consistent large size, and the rice turns out perfectly after cooking it at a two to one water to rice ratio for twenty minutes with salt to taste. Try it. You will love it.

Uncle Ben’s is the best rice I have ever had! It’s delicious, it doesn’t stick or clump up like other rice brands and I get compliments on all of my rice dishes. I don’t know what the significance / importance of changing the name was because it was off the shelves for quite a while in South Florida. Luckily I found it on line and that saved the day for me.

For white rice, Uncle Bens is the best to use. It never gets clumpy or gluey and is very tasty to use for a variety of dishes, whether you're mixing it with other food produucts or use as a side dish topped with a little dab of butter.

It taste like rice. I bought it for the price.

This is the rice of my childhood. It is not always available in the local stores, and I am happy that I can buy it from Amazon.

Love this rice. Very good flavor.