Ingredients · Other
Rice Concentrate
Oryza sativa · Poaceae (grass family)
Not a flavour. Rice concentrate is a flow agent — a rice-derived powder used to stop a seasoning blend from caking, in place of silicon dioxide or another anti-caking additive. One product carries it. It is on the label because it is in the bag, and it is worth a profile only so that a reader looking it up finds an honest answer rather than nothing: it is there to keep the salt pouring.
What it’s like, and how to use it
The partProcessing aid
KindOther
CaffeineCaffeine-free
TasteEffectively none — it is there for texture, not taste
How to use it
None of its own.
With food
Not applicable.
With spices
Not applicable.
With tea
Not a tea ingredient.
Its story
Where it comes from
Our lot names no origin. It is a manufactured ingredient rather than an agricultural one.
What happened
Anti-caking agents are a twentieth-century problem and a twentieth-century answer. Salt and seasoning blends absorb moisture from the air and set solid; the classic industrial solutions are silicon dioxide, calcium silicate and sodium aluminosilicate. Rice concentrate is a plant-derived alternative, chosen by manufacturers who prefer a clean label. Neither approach is a flavour choice.
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Every product it goes into.
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Sriracha Sea Salt
Regular price From $10.99 CADRegular price
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