Risotto with porcini

Heavy metals such as arsenic occur naturally in our environment (air, soil, water, rocks, etc.). The rice plant absorbs arsenic through the soil and accumulates it in the grains much more than other plants. The arsenic content varies depending on the growing region. The majority of our rice varieties come from northern Italy. There, the arsenic contamination of the soils is significantly lower than in southern Italy, for example. The arsenic levels in all our rice varieties are below the legal limits: These are 0.2 mg/kg for polished or white rice, 0.25 mg/kg for parboiled and husked rice and 0.1 mg/kg for rice used for infant formula. There is no limit for wholemeal rice. Our Basmati rice from India shows the lowest values of all Rapunzel rice varieties. Often, no arsenic is detectable here at all. Arsenic in rice is mainly deposited in the silverskin, which is why arsenic levels are lower in white, husked rice than in whole grain rice. The following applies to all Rapunzel rice varieties, whether whole grain or hulled, and also to our rice noodles: the heavy metal content is so low that, according to European eating habits, you could consume any of our rice varieties on a daily basis.

Background information on rice