SPECIFICATION OF THAI WHITE RICE 100% GRADE A
Shall have the Grain classification, Grain composition and Milling degree as follows :
GRAIN CLASSIFICATION comprising of :
• Long grain Class 1 not less than 70.0%, the rest shall be Long grain Class 2
• Of all these there may be Long grain Class 3 not exceeding 5.0%
THAI WHITE RICE 100% GRADE A
GRAIN COMPOSITION comprising of :
• Whole kernels by not less than 60.0%
• Brokens having length as from 5.0 parts but not reaching 8.0 parts not exceeding 4.0%
• The rest shall be Head rice having the length as from 8.0 parts onward
RICE AND MATTERS THAT MAY BE PRESENT :
• Chalky kernels not exceeding 3.0%
• White glutinous rice not exceeding 1.5%
• Paddy not exceeding 5 grains per 1 kilogram of rice
• Underdeveloped kernels, immature kernels, other seeds and foreign matter either
singly or combined not exceeding 0.2%
ALSO, THE THAI WHITE RICE 5% BROKEN GRAIN COMPOSITION comprising of :
• Whole kernels by not less than 60.0%
• Brokens having length as from 3.5 parts but not reaching 7.5 parts by not more than
7.0% ; of this quantity there may be not more than 0.5% brokens having the length not
reaching 3.5 parts and not passing through sieve No.7 and not more than 0.1% small white
brokens C1
• The reminder shall be Head rice having length as from 7.5 parts onward
RICE AND MATTERS THAT MAY BE PRESENT :
• Red kernels and/or Undermilled kernels not exceeding 2.0%
• Yellow kernels not exceeding 0.5%
• Chalky kernels not exceeding 6.0%
• Damaged kernels not exceeding 0.25%
• White glutinous rice not exceeding 1.5%
• Paddy not exceeding 10 grains per 1 kilogram of rice
• Underdeveloped kernels, immature kernels, other seeds and foreign matter either
singly or combined not exceeding 0.3%
MILLING DEGREE : EXTRA WELL MILLED
