Pursuits
Panda Express Adopts Healthier Brown Rice, Then Fries It
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When it comes to Chinese food, what’s more fundamental than white rice?
It’s eaten during breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It can be steamed, fried, wrapped into dumplings, and boiled into porridge. In China, people eat about four servings of rice daily, or about 95 kilograms per capita each year (pdf), and about all of that is white rice. But Panda Express decided that the time has come to reconsider the role of fluffy white rice in Chinese food. This month, the chain started making fried rice exclusively using brown rice, which they say is healthier.