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Gut-Light Rice appeals to health-conscious urban Indian households seeking a traceable, additive-free alternative to commodity white rice. The product is essentially one ingredient — a GI-tagged heirloom rice landrace — milled to a semi-polished degree, which retains marginally more bran and nutrients than fully polished rice. There are no additives, preservatives, artificial colours, or hidden sugars of any kind, and sodium is negligibly low at 3.1 mg per 100 g. The most useful thing a curious consumer should know is that this is about as clean a rice as you can buy, but it is still a starchy grain with a moderate-to-high glycaemic impact, so diabetic consumers should watch portion sizes — and parents of infants should note WHO/EFSA guidance on cumulative dietary arsenic from rice-based foods.
