Koshihikari Premium Sprouted Brown Gaba Rice, 2.2 Pound (Pack of 4)

I concur with other reviewers. This is pretty much the best brown rice I've ever had the pleasure to make at home. My family doesn't want anything else except for the occasion wild rice, and forget about plain white rice going forward. Koshihikari Premium Sprouted Brown Gaba Rice is easy to prepare in my rice cooker and flavorful, with a good "snappy" texture. Un-rinsed, it can be a bit "sticky", but for my dishes I like a rice that holds together. It would even work well for sushi I think. The health benefits of both brown GABA and sprouted rice are abundant on the web, so I won't go into them here. I'll just say that I feel good after eating Koshihikari rice and everyone I serve it to loves it. It is worth paying a little more when you get so much!~ Kort

Rice of good quality and pleasant taste. Good accompaniment to most dishes that call for a non vegetable side.

Wonderfully flavorful rice. Nary a hint of rancid rice bran oil as in other brown rices. Cooks up wonderfully quick. requires more water than instructions on bag indicate in a generic rice cooker. Soaking time of 30 minutes is a breeze. Cooking time is a bit longer than bag instructions indicate. Please use soaking water to cook rice in. Don't rinse it out or pour it out, just measure out 2 cups soak water for 1 cup of dry rice. You may have to vary water amount as per your method of cooking and climate.This is a great all around brown rice with more nutrients available for absorption because rice is pre germinated. The whole GABA thing,, well honestly,, there would have to be a lot more GABA in the rice than the stated content, to be physiologically effective. Then, there is the whole blood/brain barrier thing. I am not sure that GABA in rice would even be utilized by the brain. In any case, the rice is yummy and nutritious and is now my new favorite.

You know when you have a healthy meal and your body is happy. This rice will do that. It is allso very versatile and maintains for days in the rice cooker. The flavor is plentiful. I put some sea salt after its done and mix to get the remaining moisture out. I sometimes have it for breakfast with a few eggs or jus add a bit a butter and syrup and feels like a dessert.

I recently purchased a Zojirushi rice cooker that had the gaba brown rice setting and became curious about gaba rice. I have never eaten gaba rice before but frequently eat both short, medium, and long grain white and brown rice at least 4-5 times a week. The rice took almost 2 hours to cook and smelled delicious. As far as taste was concern, it tasted nuttier and a little sweeter than traditional brown rice. The rice was soft but not sticky like Calrose white or dry like some traditional brown rice. Overall, my family enjoyed our first gaba experience. However, due to the price and quantity size, we will only be eating this rice when when we have guests. In my opinion, there is not much nutritional difference between traditional brown rice and this gaba brown rice. I liked it, but not enough to purchase the product consistently at this price and quantity.

I recently started eating GABA rice and have found it beneficial. Finding it is not always easy so I like to stock up and keep costs down by buying in quantity.

Got sick eating it. Listen to other reviews

This rice is worth waiting for. I have purchased it so many times from Amazon and Tokyo Central, I can not count how many repurchases, but I go through a few pounds a week, its my go to rice. It takes way longer to cook in my micom type rice cooker- up to 4 hours, but all GABA rice is that way. GABA is a neurotransmitter, so this is happy rice. Its also delicious, full of fiber, minerals and vitamins and more satisfying because it stays with you longer. I am a very tough rice critic. It also did not burn and leave okage at the bottom of my Zojiroshi cooker.