date:Jul 11, 2012
ent GI levels based on consumer needs.
Once the low GI rice varieties are developed in the future, food processors can produce low GI food products based on rice.
Dr Melissa Fitzgerald, who led the IRRI team, said that different varieties of rice have different GI values, which can enable rice consumers to make informed choices about the kind of rice they want to consume.
Rice varieties like India's most widely grown rice variety, Swarna, have a low GI and varieties like Doongara and Basmati fro