“…Brown rice, as found in our research (Pandey et al, 2018a, Pandey et al, 2018b, Pandey et al, 2018c) also contained high Fe and Zn, but only very poor and highly health conscious people prefer to eat it. Majority of people prefer white rice though it is significantly less nutritious as almost 70 % of micronutrients are lost during polishing (Sellapan et al, 2009).…”