{"id":8280,"date":"2020-01-15T14:25:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T14:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ldc.com\/uy\/product\/rice-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:12:16","slug":"rice","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.ldc.com\/uy\/en\/product\/rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p-0 container-fluid single-product-page__container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-12 single-product-page__sidebar\" x-data=\"{mobileCategory: false}\">\n        \n            <div class=\"block-product-category__mobile\" @click=\"mobileCategory = !mobileCategory\">\n                <span class=\"block-product-category__mobile-text\">\n                    Select a product category from the dropdown\n                <\/span>\n                <span class=\"block-product-category__mobile-text_phone\">\n                    Select a product category\n                <\/span>\n         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White? Brown? How about red or purple? The answer, of course, is all of the above.<\/p>\n<p>The evocatively named \u2018Forbidden Rice\u2019 is black, with a nutty flavor, and is used in a variety of Chinese or Thai dishes, including black rice cake and mango sticky rice.<\/p>\n<p>This wonderfully versatile staple provides one fifth of all calories consumed by humans worldwide, and LDC is a world-leading rice merchandizer, sourcing from multiple origins to satisfy rising global demand for rice.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n        \n<div class=\"single-product-page__statmedia row\">\n    <div class=\"single-product-page__media single-product-page__first-media col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-12\">\n                <div class=\"single-product-page__media-text\">\n            LDC is one of the leading rice distributors in Africa\n        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"single-product-page__media single-product-page__second-media col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-12\">\n                <div 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working with relevant stakeholders in Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>In Africa, we are working with partners to support smallholder rice farmers to increase their competitiveness and gain access to the domestic market.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n                \n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ldc.com\/sustainability\/\" title=\"Read more\"\n                    class=\"btn btn-primary ldc-btn-green\"\n                    target=\"\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n                \n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"single-product-page__related\">\n                    <h2>Our \n                            Products:\n                        <\/h2>\n        \n        <div class=\"single-product-page__related-row row\" key=\"0\">\n        <div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-3 single-product-page__related-image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" 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