Rice Milling

11. Weighing and bagging : Preparing the milled rice for transport to the customer

10. Blending : Mixing head rice with predetermined amount of brokens, as required by the customer

9. Length Grading : Separating small and large brokens from head rice

8. Polishing : Improving the appearance of milled rice by removing the remaining bran particles and by polishing the exterior of the milled kernel

7. Whitening : Removing all or part of the bran layer and germ from brown rice

6. Paddy Separation : Separating the unhusked paddy from brown rice

5. Husk Aspiration : Separating the husk from brown rice/ unhusked paddy

3. Parboiling (Optional) : Helps in improving the nutritional quality by gelatinization of starch inside the rice grain. It improves the milling recovery percent during deshelling and polishing / whitening operation 4. Husking : Removing husk from paddy

2. De-stoning : Separating small stones from paddy

1. Pre Cleaning : Removing all impurities and unfilled grains from paddy

Process Definition

The basic rice milling processes consist of:

Paddy in its raw form cannot be consumed by human beings. It needs to be suitably processed for obtaining rice. Rice milling is the process which helps in removal of hulls and barns from paddy grains to produce polished rice. Rice forms the basic primary processed product obtained from paddy and this is further processed for obtaining various secondary and tertiary products.

Description of Rice Milling Operation:

Introduction