Question

What is Mist polishing?

(a) Spraying water mist on rice

(b) Removing fungi on rice

(c) Removing bran

(d) Removing endosperm

The question was asked by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

Enquiry is from Size Reduction topic in portion Size Reduction of Food Processing Unit Operations

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) Spraying water mist on rice

To elaborate: Mist polishing is the process of spraying afine mist of water with the dust. The mist is retained on the surface of the whitened rice. It improves the gloss of rice without reducing milling yield.