PROCESSED BROWN RICE, FERMENTED FOOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PROCESSED BROWN RICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a processed brown rice and a fermented food, capable of having increased amount of free ferulic acid which contributes to improve dementia.SOLUTION: The processed brown rice is made under a high water pressure. A hydrostatic pressure of 10 MPa to 900 MPa is applied to brown rice placed in water, so that the amount of free ferulic acid of the brown rice increases. The fermented food such as bread, rice wine, and fermented rice, is made from the processed brown rice as raw material. The processed brown rice is directly fermented with yeast or the processed brown rice is pregelatinized and then fermented with yeast, so that the amount of free ferulic acid of the fermented food increases.