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Re: Arsenic in Rice? New report

Postby Lasko77 » Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:16 am

Is Lundberg a California rice?
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Re: Arsenic in Rice? New report

Postby nosoyyo » Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:25 am

Lasko77 wrote:Is Lundberg a California rice?


Most of it:

http://www.lundberg.com/Info/Faq/Faq_sources.aspx

Does all of your rice come from California?
The vast majority of the rice used in our products comes from California. All of the rice in our 1 pound, 2 pound and 12 pound packaged rice, with the exception of wild rice, comes from California. Much of our wild rice comes from growers in Minnesota. In addition our rice bowls, our 25 pound bags that are labeled as California rice, our roasted brown rice couscous, our risottos, and our rice cakes, contain exclusively California rice.

Does any of your rice come from outside of California?
Yes, we do work occasionally with our Lundberg Family Farm rice grower and processor partners located in the Southern United States. We do this when the available rice supply in California is not sufficient to meet the demand. This generally happens when we have challenging growing conditions that reduce yields in the field, or when demand grows substantially faster than we anticipate. Currently, the products that we sell that may utilize rice from other US rice growing regions are: 25 pound bags of American Basmati (white and brown), 25 pound bags of American Jasmine (white and brown), and 25 pound bags of Long Grain (white and brown), rice syrup, rice chips, rice pasta. Additionally, much of our wild rice comes from growers in Minnesota.

We believe that expanding organic practices across the country is a positive thing for the environment, for the farmers who work the land, and for consumers. For more information about the benefits of organic food and agriculture, please refer to our website.
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Re: Arsenic in Rice? New report

Postby HealthFreak » Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:02 pm

Here's another good link about Arsenic FAQs

http://www.lundberg.com/Info/Arsenic/arsenicfaqs.aspx
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Re: Arsenic in Rice? New report

Postby bbq » Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:12 am

Rice Farmers Suing Drug Company and Poultry Industry for Contaminating Their Crop with Arsenic

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... anies.aspx

Arkansas Rice Farmers Sue RiceTec Over Hybrid Seed Quality and Yields

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/7/prweb9705410.htm
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Re: Arsenic in Rice? New report

Postby rickfm » Fri Oct 26, 2012 12:25 pm

And the plot thickens.
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Re: Arsenic in Rice? New report

Postby HealthFreak » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:48 am

bbq wrote:Rice Farmers Suing Drug Company and Poultry Industry for Contaminating Their Crop with Arsenic

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... anies.aspx

Arkansas Rice Farmers Sue RiceTec Over Hybrid Seed Quality and Yields

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/7/prweb9705410.htm


Good! I hope they win.
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Re: Arsenic in Rice? New report

Postby mkh9 » Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:12 pm

I also read that California rice had less arsenic. So I bought some and hope that it is safe.
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