Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, is reputed to have asked the Osem company to devise this substitute, and it was thus nicknamed "Ben-Gurion rice".
Perdana menteri pertama Israel, David Ben-Gurion, meminta perusahaan Osem untuk memproduksi makanan pengganti tersebut, dan bahan makanan tersebut dijuluki "beras Ben-Gurion".