As a product of the Brazilian Basic Basket, rice is responsible for 12% of the proteins and 18% of the calories in the basic diet.

In Brazil, rice is preferentially consumed in white polished, parboiled (25% of consumption) and whole forms.

It is a very versatile cereal, and can also be consumed in the form of breakfast cereals, pasta, cookies, bread, snacks, flour, spreads, ice cream, sweets and drinks.

The oil (rich in gamma-oryzanol) is extracted from the bran.