Rice has been part of every Asian meal. In East and Southeast Asia, rice is included in their daily consumption and is usually cooked plain. Indeed, rice has been a staple food for several countries around the world.

China has been manufacturing a lot of fake things. We Indians were fine as long as that fakeness was limited to the phones and other electronic things.

But now, they have crossed the line by manufacturing plastic rice and introducing it in our market. Chinese phone, digestible but Chinese rice undigestable (pun intended).

The ‘plastic rice’ is reportedly made by forming potatoes and sweet potatoes into regular rice grains shape, then adding industrial synthetic resins. It remains hard after cooking and can cause serious health issues.

A video of workers feeding plastic into a machine to produce white, rice-like granules has sparked fears on Chinese social media. Many people said the factory, thought to be located in China, was producing toxic rice out of sheets of plastic.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haSsXxxQBSo

This problem is not only India but also Singapore, Indonesia, Srilanka etc. It’s a very difficult to find out plastic rice or fake rice. Even it may cause so many health diseases.

China Is Now Making Plastic Rice, Here’s How You Can Differentiate Between Fake And Real

How to identify plastic rice?

Anyways, now that the rice is in circulation in our markets, let’s just learn to differentiate between fake and real and keep ourselves safe. Following are the 3 points that will make sure that your intestines do not have to work hard after a nice meal.

1. Float Test

Whenever you buy rice, first thing, put a handful of it in a glass of water. If it floats, it’s plastic, if it sinks, it’s RICE.

2. Fungus Test

Cook some rice and place it somewhere warm for a few days. If it gets a layer of fungus, it’s real otherwise you know it has come from China.

3. Cook Test

Cook the rice in an open container and see if you see some unusual residues along with the froth. If you see a thick layer accumulating on the rice, throw it away and ask the seller for a refund.

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If your bag of rice fails any of these tests, do not take any risk because the plastic rice is very harmful for human health and can be deadly if consumed in large quantities.

In fact, a Chinese government official has said that if you eat three bowls of this rice, it equates to eating one plastic bag. So, be wise and careful.

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