<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thanks to everyone who responded to my question regarding enriched rice: >I'm wondering if anyone has information regarding the "enriching process". >I'm curious as to what form the vitamins and minerals are in and how they >are incorporated into the grain. This subject has apparently come up before though I think it bears repeating, so here goes... Enriched rice is the standard rice sold in American groceries and its safe to assume its the standard rice used by many non-Asian restaurants. the general consensus is that this rice is to be avoided by celiacs. The enriching process often depends on a vitamin compound that is sprayed onto the rice. For some absurd reason the full ingredients of this compound are not required to be listed under the products ingredients though it often includes BARLEY. This was the general idea behind most of the replies I recieved though a few did mention that the vitamin compound can rely on corn or rice as an alternate. The only problem is that none of this is listed on the bag by large manufacturers such as S&W. I was told that Uncle Ben's converted rice is gluten free and says so on the box. other brands that were suggested are Trader Joe's basmati and jasmine rices, Lungberg and Riceland. Brown rice should also be safe (I stress 'should') as white rice is enriched to make up for the vitamins lost in the refining process. Another point worth mentioning is the lack of essential B Vitamins in unenriched white rice and the fact that for non-celiacs these vitamins are often obtained from whole grains or enriched grain products. You may want to find a safe B Vitamin supplement, if you haven't already. Again, thanks. You guys saved me from what has been almost three mysteriously sick weeks. Hopefully somebody else out there can benefit as well... Megan in Seattle _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com * Please remember some posters may be WHEAT-FREE, but not GLUTEN-FREE *