Rice finding 2059
Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.
White and brown rice, retail · Inorganic arsenic (iAs) · 30 retail rice samples (brands/origins).
Selected finding and reference
30 retail rice samples (brands/origins). Basis: dry weight (ground rice dried at 60 °C to constant weight before extraction).
No non-detects reported for AsIII, AsV or iAs; LOD AsIII 0.137, AsV 0.142 µg/kg
HMI baseline position
Limited data: The source reports a range, percentile or extreme value; only a mean, median or sample result can be positioned against a reference. Missing evidence never means low contamination.
The source reports a range, percentile or extreme value; only a mean, median or sample result can be positioned against a reference.
Reference version and interpretation
Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.
No admitted reference
The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.
Collection period
2022
No year-by-year sample register is reconstructed from this summary.
Geographic scope
All rice samples
All samples in the study.
Sampling, analysis and reporting limits
0.2% HNO3 heat extraction (90 °C, 90 min, 1 g/10 mL), HPLC (C18 ion-pair, isocratic) with ICP-MS DRC (AsO+ m/z 91); iAs = AsIII + AsV.
No non-detects reported for AsIII, AsV or iAs; LOD AsIII 0.137, AsV 0.142 µg/kg
Shared samples and study overlap
Subgroup rows, statistics of the same subgroup and the study total share samples; they are not independent results.
Each table row describes a food/analyte result. Repeated rows do not add independent samples or datasets. No cross-study trend is calculated in this comparison mode.
Reported values, conversion and source locator
| Source statistic | Original result | Displayed unit conversion |
|---|---|---|
| range | Across all rice samples, iAs levels ranged from 0.096 mg/kg to 0.352 mg/kg | mg/kg x 1000 |
Results 'Rice analysis', p.14.
No moisture, cooking-yield or species conversion is applied to the original finding above. Any basis conversion used for its HMI comparison is stated separately with the numerical target.