“…In the crop production of 2014/2015, Brazil was responsible for the production of approximately 12.436 million tons of rice (National Company of Supplying [NCS], 2016). The processing of white rice results in several by-products such as bran, that is high in protein, fat, carbohydrate, and a number of micronutrients such as vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytosterols (Schramm, Abadie, Hua, Xu, & Lima, 2007;Shirakawa, Koseki, Ohinata, Hazhizume, & Komai, 2006;Loypimai, Moonggarm, & Chottanom, 2009;Bhatnagar, Prabhakar, Prasanth, Rajan, & Gopala Krishna, 2014;Wang et al, 2015).…”