Orgran Rice crispi breadcrumbs.

QUESTION:

I use these breadcrumbs a lot in cooking for my kids. Ingredient list has one ingredient- brown rice flour. But they often smell rancid when I open a new pack. And they have crunchy texture. Do you know how they might be processed to get that crunchy texture? Any potential harmful additives used in processing? Thank you.

ANSWER:

Great question! I have contacted them with the query and will update this FAQ when I hear back.

Update:

“To produce Orgran Crispi Crumbs Rice Breadcrumbs, white rice flour rice is mixed with rice bran to create a ‘preblend’.

This preblend is then mixed with potable water and passed through an extruder at extremely high heat and pressure.

This creates rice puffs which are passed through a conveyor oven to reduce the product to the required moisture content.

These rice puffs are then milled into crumbs.

There are no other additives or processing aids used to produce this product.

I can confirm that we do not flush the packaging of any Orgran products with gas.”