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 Products of rice bran

Introduction

Bran is the hard outer layer of grain and

consists of aleurone , pericarp, germ and a
part of endosperm.

When bran is removed from grains, the grains

lose a portion of their nutritional value.

•Bran removal amounts to 4% to 9% weight

of the paddy milled.

Bran is characterized by its high fat and

protein content along with vitamins, minerals
and many other useful chemicals.

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Use of rice bran

Edible grade oil

Industrial grade crude oil

Free fatty acid manufacture

Plasticizers
Tocoferol

Rice bran wax

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Edible grade oil

Rice bran oil has very low content of linolenic acid

and high content of tocopherol. Therefore, bran oil
has distinct advantages over other vegetable oils.

Different grades of bran oil such as Salad oil,

Cooking oil, Shortenings. could be produced by
refining and hydrogenation.

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Industrial grade crude oil

Soap manufacture:
Rice bran oil with high Free Fatty Acid (FFA) content is
highly suitable for the manufacturer of soft soap and
liquid soap. In addition, other soaps like aluminium,
barium and calcium soaps can be manufactured as
components of lubricants

Free fatty acid manufacture

Bran oil can also be used to manufacture pure stearic and
oleic acid.

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Protective coatings:
Rice bran oil can be used to manufacture surface
coatings like alkyd and resin based paints,
enamels, varnishes and lacquers (a clear or
coloured varnish).

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Plasticizers

Bran oil can also be used to manufacture plasticisers

for use in plastic and rubber industries.

Tocoferol

Crude bran oil contains 2-4% tocoferol

which has nutritional and antacid effects.

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Rice bran wax

A good substitute of carnauba wax (hard

yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of
the carnauba palm used especially in floor
waxes and polishes). It can also be used
as component in formulations like carbon
paper base, stencils, candles etc.

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Use of defatted bran

S.No Particulars Uses

1. Feed Defatted bran utilized as an ingredient of cattle and
poultry feed. More suitable than raw bran due to its
higher percentage of protein and fat contents,
higher digestibility, and more storage stability.
2. Food Ingredient in bakery products such as bread, cake,
biscuits etc. After finer grinding, it can be added to
baking flour up to 20%.
3. Fertilizer Raw bran is unsuitable for plants and roots due the
presence of high fat and wax contents.
Defatted bran contains all the three manurial
factors (NPK values) in right proportion.

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Let us sum up

Apart from conventional use of rice bran

as cattle feed, Rice bran are used for
production of edible grade oil, industrial
grade crude oil, free fatty acid
manufacture, plasticizers, tocoferol, rice
bran wax.

The defatted rice bran can be used as

feed, food and fertilizer.

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