Product Review

What's the difference between cultivated and non-cultivated wild rice?

Most of the rice that is available in grocery stores across the country is referred to as paddy rice. This type of rice is grown similar to brown rice in rice paddies. It cooks uniformly, and is consistently the same year after year because it is cultivated rice. This type of rice is actually a hybrid developed by the University of Minnesota. It is for this reason that many people do not like true wild rice.

Natal brand wild rice is non-cultivated. Our wild rice is grown wild in the North-Central Minnesota lakes. The rice is hand picked using a canoe and wood parched using methods long ago perfected by the American Indians of the area.