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Popular Low-Carb Vegetable Infuriating the Rice Industry

By Dietdoctor @DietDoctor1
Popular Low-Carb Vegetable Infuriating the Rice Industry

The popular low-carb side dish ' cauliflower rice ' is stirring up some fury in the rice industry. More and more consumers are swapping the latter for the former, so rice producers want to make the term 'cauliflower rice' illegal:

Only rice is rice, and calling 'riced vegetables' 'rice,' is misleading and confusing to consumers. We may be asking the Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory agencies to look at this.
- Betsy Ward, President of the industry lobby USA Rice

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