TY - JOUR AU - AZUKA CE, AU - NKAMA I, AU - DANBABA N, PY - 2017/05/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - GRADE QUALITY OF PARBOILED MILLED DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED RICE VARIETIES SOLD IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA JF - Innovare Journal of Food Sciences JA - Innovare J Food Sci VL - 5 IS - 3 SE - Short Communication(s) DO - UR - https://journals.innovareacademics.in/index.php/ijfs/article/view/18642 SP - 6-7 AB - <p><em>The objective of this work was to grade the domestic rice varieties and classify them according to Recommended Model Grading System for Marketing Rice in International Trade. Eighteen (18) domestic rice varieties were collected from Enugu (4), Ebonyi (7) and Anambra State (7). Three (3) imported rice varieties coded Ip1, Ip2, and Ip3 were purchased from Ogige market in Nsukka LGA of Enugu state, Nigeria and served as controls. The rice varieties were cleaned manually by winnowing, graded and classified according to Recommended Model Grading System for Marketing Rice in International Trade. Domestic rice varieties from Enugu state were of grade 1 quality excluding Fortin 16 (old variety). Faro 40 (72.33) and Taraba rice (77.33) from Anambra state were of grade 2 quality while R-Bus (81.33), Igboukwu rice (86.67), Aguleri rice (83.67) and B-G (84.67) were of grade 1 quality. Geshua (68.33) from Ebonyi state was of grade 2 quality while Afikpo-Mas (87.33), Abakiliki-Mas (84.33), R-8 (89.33) and 306 (82.67) were of grade 1 quality. All the imported rice varieties (control samples) were of premium quality.  Omor-Mas (95.33), Akpujie (95.67), kpurukpuru (98.00), and Fortin 16 (old variety) (95.00) were of premium quality and did not differ from the imported rice varieties in grade quality.</em></p> ER -