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Several Native American cultures, such as the Ojibwa, consider wild rice (known as
manoomin to the Objiwa) to be a sacred component in their culture. The rice is
harvested by hand, with two people sitting in a canoe, one of them knocking rice into
the canoe with a pole while the other paddles slowly. For these groups, these
harvests are an important cultural and often economic event.
Nutrition and safety
• Typically sold as a dried whole grain,
• wild rice is high in protein, the amino acid lysine and dietary fiber,
and low in fat.
• Nutritional analysis shows wild rice to be second only to oats in
protein content per 100 calories
• Like true rice, it does not contain gluten. It is also a good source of
certain minerals and B vitamins.
• One cup of cooked wild rice provides 5% or more of the daily value
of thiamin, riboflavin, iron, and potassium; 10% or more of the daily
value of niacin, b6, folate, magnesium, phosphorus; 15% of zinc;
and over 20% of manganese.[13]
• Wild rice seeds can be infected by the highly toxic fungus ergot,
which is dangerous if eaten. Infected grains have pink or purplish
blotches or growths of the fungus, from the size of a seed to several
times larger
Nutritional Fact
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.1 g 1% Amount Per 100 grams
Saturated fat 0.2 g 1%
Calories 357
Polyunsaturated
fat 0.7 g
Monounsaturated
Vitamin Vitamin
0% 0%
fat 0.2 g A C
Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Calcium 2% Iron 11%
Sodium 7 mg 0%
Vitamin Vitamin
Potassium 427 0% 20%
mg
12% D B-6
Total Vitamin Magnes
0% 44%
Carbohydrate 75 25% B-12 ium
g
Dietary fiber 6 g 24%
Sugar 2.5 g
Protein 15 g 30%
Benefits of wild rice