Zanthum gum is a cream colored powder that is made by controlled fermentation of corn sugar. Rice flours can be purchased in specialty food stores, health food stores and some supermarkets. Rice Bran Rice bran is the outer layer on brown rice. It is an ingredient in cereals, mixes and vitamin concentrates and non-food grades of bran used in livestock feeds. Rice Hulls Rice hulls are the outer covering or husk layer that encloses the rice kernel.
Hulls are inedible, but can be burned as a source of fuel for power plants or rice mills.
Rice hulls can also be used as a mulch, or a component in abrasives or other products. Broken Kernels Broken kernels are the parts of the rice kernel that are less than three-fourths of the whole rice kernel. Brokens are used in pet foods and to make rice flour. Rice in the form of rice flour or a granulated rice is used in the formulation of many meat and vegetable combinations. Rice flour, waxy rice flour, parboiled rice, rice polishings and rice oil are used in baby foods.