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Rice Analysis Service

We support quality management in processing and distribution via our rice analysis service.

Rice is a perishable food. To secure tasty rice, rice analysis is performed at Satake.

Within 7 business days after receiving samples

Brown rice, milled rice, and rinse-free rice

More than 500g

Moisture	Standard Moisture Meter, Infrared Moisture Meter
Whiteness	Whiteness Milling Meter, Whiteness meter
Turbidity	Turbidity Meter
Broken grains	Testing Rice Grader
Dimensional weight	Dimensional weight Weigh to volume balance
Internal cracked grains	Grain Scope
Cracked rice during soak	Cracked rice during soak may cause discharge of starch and bad texture after cooking.
% of rice with remained germ	2g of sample is visually analyzed and the percentage of rice with remained germ is calculated.
Other varieties of grains	20g x 5 sets are visually classified and the percentage of other grains in 100g is calculated.

Freshness	Freshness Freshness Meter *
Grain appearance	Grain appearance Rice Inspection Equipment *
Protein composition analysis	SDS Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
Microbe analysis	Viable bacterium, thermally resistant bacterium, fungus, coliform group, bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus etc. are analyzed

*…Short grain only

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