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Rice, white, short-grain, raw, unenriched

Not checked yet · database values 358 kcal per 100 g

Not checked for absorption yet: these are the listed values.

Not checked yet: the numbers below are what the database lists.

Good for

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What 100 g gives you: imported foods have no serving size yet.

Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.

The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share.

A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.

7 more nutrients at a little or less

Missing from our databases for this food, so left out, not counted as zero: fibre, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K1, niacin, vitamin B12, selenium, vitamin D, choline, omega-3: ALA and omega-3: EPA + DHA.

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How we counted this

We haven’t checked this food. Foods like it carry these, so they’re shown here until we do. None of them was measured in this food.

  • Inorganic arsenic

    Worth knowingCommon in this kind of food; not tested in this one

    Rice is one of the main dietary sources of inorganic arsenic, which has no safe threshold (EFSA 2021, 2024). How much a rice food carries depends on the rice and the product; it is not measured for this food.

    Learn more
    How we got this

    Rice and rice products. EFSA 2021: 'Rice' and 'Rice-based products' are among the main contributors to inorganic arsenic exposure in every age class. CFIA 2009-10, white rice: mean 93.6 µg/kg inorganic arsenic (n 25)

    What cuts it: Cooking rice in a large volume of water (6 parts to 1) and draining it removed about 45% of its inorganic arsenic in one study (Raab 2009).

    EFSA, Chronic dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic. EFSA J 2021;19(1):6380 · grade C

    Every food with inorganic arsenic

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The numbers

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Name in the database: Rice, white, short-grain, raw, unenriched

Listed nutrients, per 100 g

For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.

NutrientPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Calcium3 mg0.84 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
3 mg0.84 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Carbohydrate79.15 g22.11 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
79.15 g22.11 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Energy358 kcal–FDC Energy (kcal) usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy)–
358 kcal–copy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Fat0.52 g0.15 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
0.52 g0.15 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Fibre2.8 g0.78 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Folate6 µg1.68 µglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
6 µg1.68 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Iron0.8 mg0.22 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
0.8 mg0.22 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Magnesium23 mg6.42 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
23 mg6.42 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Phosphorus95 mg26.54 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
95 mg26.54 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Potassium76 mg21.23 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
76 mg21.23 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Protein6.5 g1.82 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
6.5 g1.82 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Riboflavin (B2)0.048 mg0.01 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
0.048 mg0.01 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Selenium15.1 µg4.22 µgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Sodium1 mg0.28 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
1 mg0.28 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Sugars0.12 g0.03 gsecond database · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Thiamin (B1)0.07 mg0.02 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
0.07 mg0.02 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Vitamin B60.171 mg0.05 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
0.171 mg0.05 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Vitamin E0.09 mg0.03 mgsecond database · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Water13.29 g3.71 glisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
13.29 g3.71 gcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Zinc1.1 mg0.31 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
1.1 mg0.31 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
NutrientPer 100 gPer 100 caloriesHowSourceGrade
Copper0.21 mg0.06 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
0.21 mg0.06 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Manganese1.037 mg0.29 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
1.037 mg0.29 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Niacin (B3, preformed)1.6 mg0.45 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
1.6 mg0.45 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C
Pantothenic acid (B5)1.287 mg0.36 mglisted usedUS food database (USDA SR Legacy) #168931C
1.287 mg0.36 mgcopy of USDA · not usedCanadian Nutrient File 2026 #4476C

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Hazard rows as the dataset rates them

  • Inorganic arsenic · Worth knowing · Rice is one of the main dietary sources of inorganic arsenic, which has no safe threshold (EFSA 2021, 2024). How much a rice food carries depends on the rice and the product; it is not measured for this food. · EFSA 2021

Sources

Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.

The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.

The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.

Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.