Vietnam Long grain white rice ST20
ST20 rice is a high quality rice which is considered as Vietnamese Basmati rice. When cooked, it's soft, has the pineapple aroma.
ST20 rice is grown 3 times a year (February to April - Winter Spring, June to August - Summer Autumn and November to December - Autumn Winter.)
Areas of this type of rice include Soc Trang, Bac Lieu and several other provinces in the Mekong Delta.
ST20 rice is produced from a specialty rice ST strain of Soc Trang province, researched by engineer Ho Quang Cua. The ST20 rice variety has been researched and bred, selected from specialty aromatic rice varieties, with superior quality and taste compared to other aromatic rice varieties, the nutrient content is very high.
The ST20 rice has a growing time of 107 to 113 days. ST20 is resistant to salinity, pests and diseases, brown backed rice plant hopper and rice blast disease.
The average length of ST20 is 7.6 mm, the rice is white and non-chalky. When cooked for fragrant rice, the content of amylose is low.
Long grain white rice ST20 Specifications |
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Broken |
5% max |
Moisture |
14.0% max |
Foreign matters |
0.1% max |
Chalky kernels |
1.0% max |
Damaged kernels |
0.5% max |
Red and Red Streaked kernels |
0.2% max |
Yellow kernels |
0.5% max |
Paddy grain (grains/kgs, max) |
1 grains/ kgs max |
Average Length of Whole Grain |
7.2 mm |
Milling degree |
Well milled, double polished and sortexed |