What is round glutinous rice?
Significant:
- Round Glutinous Rice has other names: Nếp Cái Hoa Vàng, round sweet rice, round sticky rice
- Round Glutinous Rice is super famous and a ‘superior’ sticky rice in Vietnam which is mainly grown in Northern Delta of Vietnam. Its nice appearance and special taste after cooking make the price highest among Glutinous rice range.
- Round Glutinous Rice has only one crop per year (06 months/crop). This brings to the dish cooked by this round sweet rice a unique taste and the most delicious than all other types of glutinous rice.
- Round Glutinous Rice is the answer for the question ‘Which is the best glutinous rice?’
- Round Glutinous Rice is the best choice for Vietnamese traditional cakes: Mooncake, Chưng cake, Tét cake, etc
See more: Famous traditional Vietnamese dish by Round Sticky Rice
Characteristic:
- Amylose: 2%
- Super sticky, milky white colour, strong perfume and sweet taste
- Short grain big round rice with milky colour shape, round
Specification:
| Round Glutinous Rice “Nếp Cái Hoa Vàng” | |
| Purity | 95% min |
| Broken | 5% max |
| Moisture | 14.5% max |
| Damage kernels | 0.5% max |
| Yellow kernels | 0.5% max |
| Red & red streaked kernels | 0.5% max |
| Foreign matters | 0.2% max |
| Paddy | Nil |
| Average length | 5.2mm |
| Crop | new |
| Milling degree | well-milled, sortexed |
eSee more: ‘Rice & More’ Thai Sticky Rice
