“…Physical changes include increased head rice yield (Buggenhout et al., ), grain translucency, and decreased chalkiness due to starch pregelatinization (Bhattacharya, , ; Delcour & Hoseney, ; Lamberts, Gormand, Deryck, & Delcour, ; Patindol, Newton, & Wang, ), increased grain hardness, and reduced grain breakage due to swelling of the starchy endosperm during gelatinization, which heals the pre‐existing defects (Ndindeng et al., ; Newton, Wang, & Mauromoustakos, ). Chemical changes include lower glycemic index, high‐resistant starch content, and high contents of B vitamins (Jenkins, Wolever, & Jenkins, ; Manful, Grimm, Gayin, & Coker, ; Newton et al., ; Odenigbo, Ndindeng, Nwankpa, Woin, & Ngadi, ; Zohoun et al., ). In addition, parboiling leads to development of some unique aromatic and textural characteristics that are appealing to certain groups of consumers (Demont et al., ; Heinemann, Behrens, & Lanfer‐Marquez, ; Prom‐U‐Thai, Rerkasem, Cakmak, & Huang, ).…”