Germinated Brown Rice
<p ><b>Hatsuga genmai</b> (発芽玄米 <i>germinated brown rice</i><sup ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets" title="Help:Installing Japanese character sets" >?</a></sup>) is unpolished brown <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rice" title="Japanese rice" >japonica</a> (Japanese) rice, used primarily as a food grain, that has been allowed to germinate in order to alter the flavor and also to increase levels of nutrients such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-Aminobutyric_acid" title="Gamma-Aminobutyric acid" >γ-aminobutyric acid</a> (GABA).
Hatsuga genmai has a softer texture than brown rice and a pleasant fragrance, yet retains the health benefits of brown rice and is marketed in Japan as a health food product.
Hatsuga genmai is produced by soaking washed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_rice" title="Brown rice" >brown rice</a> in warm water of approximately 32 °C(90 °F) to 34 °C (93 °F) for 1 to 2 days. In Japan, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cooker" title="Rice cooker" >rice cooker</a> like hatsuga genmai producer which keeps constant temperature with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timer" title="Timer" >timer</a> is available through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce" title="E-commerce" class="mw-redirect" >e-commerce</a> or online shopping.</p>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_rice" title="Brown rice" >brown rice</a></li>
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<h2 >[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hatsuga_genmai&action=edit§ion=2" title="Edit section: External links" >edit</a>]External links</h2>
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<li ><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fao.org/rice2004/en/pdf/ito.pdf" >Germinated brown rice and rice bread</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization" >FAO</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_Rice" title="International Year of Rice" >International Year of Rice</a> conference in 2004</li>
<li ><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hatsuga.com/DOMER/english/en/GBRRB.html" >Marketing of Value-Added Rice Products in Japan: Germinated Brown Rice and Rice Bread</a></li>
<li ><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2010/03/31/germinated-brown-rice-has-the-u-n-finally-heard-nourishing-traditions-wisdom/" >Germinated Brown Rice: Has the U.N. Finally Heard “Nourishing Traditions” Wisdom?</a> March 31st, 2010</li>
<li ><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ecplaza.net/tradeleads/seller/7148369/germinated_brown_rice.html" >Germinated Brown Rice GABA</a></li>
<li ><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2002/0031596.html" >Germinated brown rice</a> FreePatentsOnline.com</li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambemohar" title="Ambemohar" >Ambemohar</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arborio_rice" title="Arborio rice" >Arborio</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatic_rice" title="Aromatic rice" >Aromatic rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmati" title="Basmati" >Basmati</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutanese_red_rice" title="Bhutanese red rice" >Bhutanese red rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rice" title="Black rice" >Black rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_saul" title="Bora saul" >Bora saul</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_rice" title="Brown rice" >Brown rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calrose_rice" title="Calrose rice" >Calrose rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camargue_red_rice" title="Camargue red rice" >Camargue red rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnaroli" title="Carnaroli" >Carnaroli</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champa_rice" title="Champa rice" >Champa</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubraj_rice" title="Dubraj rice" >Dubraj</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattened_rice" title="Flattened rice" >Flattened rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutinous_rice" title="Glutinous rice" >Glutinous rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice" title="Golden rice" >Golden rice</a></li>
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<li ><strong class="selflink" >Germinated brown rice</strong> (<strong class="selflink" >Hatsuga genmai</strong>)</li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_rice" title="Hybrid rice" >Hybrid rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_rice" title="Instant rice" >Instant rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rice" title="Japanese rice" >Japanese rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmati" title="Jasmati" >Jasmati</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_rice" title="Jasmine rice" >Jasmine</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshihikari" title="Koshihikari" >Koshihikari</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matta_rice" title="Matta rice" >Matta rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molakolukulu" title="Molakolukulu" >Molakolukulu</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A0ng_Th%C6%A1m_Ch%E1%BB%A3_%C4%90%C3%A0o_rice" title="Nàng Thơm Chợ Đào rice" >Nàng Thơm Chợ Đào</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navara_rice" title="Navara rice" >Navara</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rice_for_Africa" title="New Rice for Africa" >New Rice for Africa</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishiki_rice" title="Nishiki rice" >Nishiki rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parboiled_rice" title="Parboiled rice" >Parboiled rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna_rice" title="Patna rice" >Patna rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_rice" title="Perennial rice" >Perennial rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokkali_Rice" title="Pokkali Rice" >Pokkali</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponni_Rice" title="Ponni Rice" >Ponni Rice</a></li>
<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusa_1121_Rice" title="Pusa 1121 Rice" >Pusa 1121 Rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cargo_rice" title="Red Cargo rice" >Red Cargo</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_(rice)" title="Samba (rice)" >Samba</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanishiki" title="Sasanishiki" >Sasanishiki</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-dwarf_IR36" title="Semi-dwarf IR36" >Semi-dwarf IR36</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sona_Masuri" title="Sona Masuri" >Sona Masuri</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weedy_rice" title="Weedy rice" >Weedy rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehani_rice" title="Wehani rice" >Wehani</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_rice" title="White rice" >White rice</a></li>
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<li ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamada_Nishiki" title="Yamada Nishiki" >Yamada Nishiki</a></li>
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