5 ways to distinguish rice

5. Burn or roast rice with fire:
Try burning rice with fire. Fake rice will catch fire immediately and smell like plastic. You can also put rice in a pan and roast it evenly. If the rice grains change color evenly and have a characteristic aroma, it is real rice. If the rice melts and smells burnt or clumps together, it is fake rice.

6. Try pounding rice:
Fake rice is made from potatoes or sweet potatoes with synthetic resin, then pressed into rice grain form. When you pound the rice with a pestle and mortar, real rice will be crushed and become a white starch, while fake rice will turn into a light yellow color.