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[Mikejelai]

I know brown is healthier, but which is cheapest here in Korea?

[the ireland]

white, by a long way in my local homeplus

*was tempted to write by a long grain but I refrained

[guava]

The one with the lower price tag is the cheapest.

[nobbyken]

The one with the less nutrients and fibre.

현미, or the whole rice takes so long to cook, you normally see a 50/50 mix rather than whole portions of it.
Best of both worlds.

[Depths of My Soul]

The cheapest is usually the one that is shittest for your body and general well-being.

[gyopoh]

[NYC_Gal]

White rice is cheaper, but brown rice is by far the tastier of the two. It takes a bit longer to cook, but is worth it.

Mind you, rice, be it brown or white, is still a heck of a lot cheaper than bread, if you're looking for perspective. Spend the extra 5-7k and get the healthier of the two. It's chump change.

[bocceman]

white

[kinerry]

Brown rice is cheaper and easier to produce, but it also has higher demand and is touted as "healthier" for you, so it commands a higher price tag.

I've found that usually the stuff that is good for you is cheaper, as there is less demand and is easy to produce. They also tend to not taste so great though.

Supply and demand are always a factor though, and now that "healthy" food is the trend, the bad stuff is getting cheaper and cheaper.

[alljokingaside]

Hey,

How are rice prices in general? The two places I've seen so far are roughly 30-35K won for a 20kg bag, and roughly 25K won for a 10kg bag. That seems a bit expensive for white rice, so I'm wondering if it was just those places or if thats the usual price.
Also, do y'all use an electrical rice cooker or make it per? The price for electric rice cookers here seem a bit expensive, at least at Lotte
Thanks!

[the ireland]

I have an electric rice cooker. It has diff settings for normal rice, gimbap, porridge (죽), it has a timer on it so I can set it to come on and cook my rice when I'm out so it's ready when I come home.

Alas I am not korean so I leave it on the normal setting, hit the power button and cook it when I want it. I think the one I have is in the department stores for about 150,000won (or ones similar anyway). I didn't but it, the school provided it.

As for the price of rice; about 7-8,000 for a 3kg bag of white rice and I think about 12,000 for a 3kg bag of the 12 diff types of rice version. The white bag lasts about 2 months and thats with 2 people eating it. I messes up the 12 varieties one when I was getting used to the new rice cooker and have not went back to it. But a korean friend of mine back home made it for me before and it was great.

[Dazed and Confused]

Thai rice is by far cheaper than any rice grown in Korea.

[Forever]

Its strange - but Koreans ate brown rice up until the 1950's (they ate sheep too) - then after the war changed to "white sticky rice" as it lasted longer in the cupboard.

Brown rice should be cheaper, but because its now advertised as "well-being" its more expensive.

Since brown rice still has the bran intact, it has more fiber than white rice.

Brown rice is an excellent source of magnesium, iron, selenium, zinc, manganese, and the vitamins B1, B2, B3, and B6.

Brown rice is a good source of dietary fiber, protein, and gamma-oryzanol.

White rice has reduced levels of these nutrients.

White rice is brown rice that has had essential nutrients removed when processed in order to make it easier and faster to cook, and to give it a longer shelf life. This is accomplished by removing the bran, and with it, minerals and vitamins that are necessary in our diet.

One cup of brown rice has 3 1/2 grams of fiber while the same amount of white rice has less than one gram of fiber. We all need from 25 to 38 grams of fiber in our diet everyday.

Want cheaper brown rice? Buy it from the Russian shops at Dongdaemun Stadium Station (lines 2, 4, 5) (exit 5)

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