Sella or white.
Say it before the mill runs.
Parboiled rice is a process, not a country and not a brand. IRRI can be either. Aromatic basmati is not assumed to be sella.
Sella is the trade name for parboiled rice. Paddy is soaked, steamed, and dried, then milled. The grain picks up a light yellow tint, a harder bite, and a longer cook. White rice is milled without that step. The two are different lots. Zarkaar will not bag white rice and call it sella after the fact.
IRRI-6 is the volume book and can be parboiled or white. IRRI-9 is the long-grain white name, and the variety page still asks you to confirm the process before the run is locked. Write the word either way. Basmati and Super Kernel are the aromatic books. A parboiled aromatic lot exists only when the proforma names that mill run.
Who usually wants which process
The kitchen decides. The mill cannot guess from the port.
Parboiled
Institutional kitchens and a large part of the Saudi and African volume trade ask for parboiled IRRI because the grain holds up in a big pot. It is still a lab-sheet product: moisture max 14 percent, broken grain on the commodity spec, fumigation at bag stage.
White and aromatic
Diaspora retail and Gulf premium shelves ask for aromatic white basmati or Super Kernel. Do not offer them sella as a cheaper twin. The grade comparison sits on the basmati buyers guide. This page only chooses the process.
Pack does not choose the process
A 5 kg retail bag and a 50 kg institutional bag can each hold sella or white. Private-label sizes are 5, 10, and 25 kg. Plain export bags at 25 and 50 kg remain available. Saudi retail still needs SASO on the artwork before stuffing. The process word goes on the purchase order in the same breath as the bag size.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is sella rice?
Is IRRI-6 always parboiled?
Do you sell sella basmati as a standing grade?
Does the process change the moisture limit?
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Write sella or white.
Grade, bag size, port, and month in the same note.
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