An Giang Glutinous rice is a long grain rice, opaque white color, very sticky glutinous rice, used to make cakes with traditional cakes in Vietnam such as Banh Chung, Moon Cake, ...
An Giang Glutinous rice is grown in fields in An Giang, Dong Thap and some other provinces in the Mekong Delta. Especially, only in An Giang Province in Phu Tan Planting Area, this place gives the best quality for glutinous rice.
An Giang Glutinous rice exports to China, Philippines and Malaysia a lot.
Rice shape: medium and thin in shape with milky white color.
After cooking: the rice is soft, very sticky.
An Giang sticky rice is grown in 3 crops a year (February to April - Winter Spring, June to August - Summer Autumn and November to December - Autumn Winter.)
The rice growing areas include An Giang, Dong Thap and several other provinces in the Mekong Delta.
An Giang Glutinous Rice Specifications |
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Moisture |
14.0% max |
Foreign matters |
0.2% max |
Damaged and discolored kernels |
3.0% max |
Rice Admixture |
10.0% max |
Red and Red Streaked kernels |
1.5% max |
Yellow kernels |
1.5% max |
Paddy grain |
5 grain Max |
Average Length of Whole Grain |
5.8 mm Min |
Milling degree |
Well milled, double polished and sortexed |
Crop |
New |