Ben's Original™ Ready Rice™ Our delicious flavored rice varieties are the ultimate in convenience. That's because they're precooked, so you just have to heat them up and serve them with your favorite recipe or rice meal. Since they're microwavable, they're ready in just 90 seconds.

Ben's Original, formerly called Uncle Ben's, is an American brand of parboiled rice and other related food products that were introduced by Converted Rice Inc., which is now owned by Mars, Inc.

Ben's Ready Rice original long grain makes it easy to support a well-balanced diet. Cholesterol free, Very low sodium, good source of iron and folic acid, 0g trans fat, and no saturated fat! Cook in the microwave or stove top.

Water, Parboiled Long Grain Brown Rice; Less than 2% of: Canola Oil†. †Adds a trivial amount of fat.

Our parboiling process drives vitamins and minerals into the kernel of the rice, resulting in a recapture of over 80% of the natural nutrients of the whole grain and allows for faster cook times. Mars Sr.

Preparation process The rice is blanched in hot water, steamed, and rinsed. It is then placed in large ovens for dehydration until the moisture content reaches approximately twelve percent or less. The basic principle involves using hot water or steam to form cracks or holes in the kernels before dehydrating.

Ingredients. Enriched Long Grain Parboiled Rice [Long Grain Rice, Iron (Ferric Orthophosphate), Thiamin (Thiamine Mononitrate) And Folate (Folic Acid)].

BEN'S ORIGINAL™ Whole Grain Brown Rice is a delicious way to support a healthy heart* and a well-balanced diet. It's 100% whole grains, low in fat, and high on taste.

Mars Food BEN'S ORIGINAL™ products are manufactured by Mars Food, part of Mars, Incorporated.

Enriched Parboiled Rice [Long Grain Rice, Iron (Ferric Orthophosphate), Thiamin (Thiamine Mononitrate), Folate (Folic Acid)]; Wild Rice; Seasoning Blend [Hydrolyzed Soy/Corn/Wheat Protein; Onion*; Autolyzed Yeast Extract; Parsley*; Sugar; Spinach*; Garlic Powder; Salt; Potassium Chloride; Torula Yeast; Spices; Celery*; ...

Greenville, Mississippi In Greenville, Mississippi – where our brand has been produced in the U.S. for more than 40 years, we also announced a $2.5 million investment over 5 years in the local community to help address local needs in education and access to healthy foods.

BEN'S ORIGINAL™ Organic Basmati Rice offers a wonderful aroma and unique, slightly nutty flavour that makes for a nutritious addition to any meal. A quick stir in the skillet or microwave using the BPA-free pouch and you'll be good to go in as little as 90 seconds.

According to Uncle Ben's, the parboiling process drives the nutrition back into the rice kernel, helping it recapture over 80 percent of the vitamins and minerals of the whole grain. The University of Arkansas (U of A) confirms that parboiling rice helps it retain the majority of its nutrition.

Uncle Ben's dates back to the 1940s. The name Uncle Ben was borrowed from a well-known Texas rice farmer of the same name, according to an archived web page about the rice brand's origins.

Mars Food BEN'S ORIGINAL™ products are manufactured by Mars Food, part of Mars, Incorporated.

Ben Rice (born 1972) is a prize-winning British author. Rice was born in Tiverton, Devon, educated at Blundell's School and read English literature at Newcastle University, Wadham College, Oxford before undertaking a creative writing course at the University of East Anglia (MA).