Long-Grain White Rice for Sale

Description

If you’re looking for Long-Grain Rice for sale in bulk, not a small retail bag, this is our everyday, non-aromatic long grain line, the rice most buyers actually mean when they just say rice without a specific variety attached. DThai Company Limited mills it from paddy grown across the northern plains of Thailand, the same growing region behind our white and jasmine lines, and it ships to distributors, restaurant groups, and retail chains worldwide who need a reliable, fluffy, separate-grain rice without the aroma premium that jasmine or basmati carry.

What Makes This Long-Grain Rice for Sale Different

This isn’t an aromatic variety. That’s actually the point for a lot of buyers, some cuisines and some customer bases specifically don’t want the pandan-like fragrance jasmine rice carries, and this gives them a clean, neutral long grain that takes on the flavor of whatever it’s cooked with rather than adding its own. The grain runs about four to five times longer than it is wide, which is what gives it that light, fluffy, separate texture once cooked, distinct from the clingier medium and short grain rice we also carry.

Specifications

• Variety: Long-grain, non-aromatic paddy rice
• Moisture: 14% max
• Broken grains: 5% max, also available at 10% or 25% broken on request
• Admixture: 0.2% max
• Milling: Well-milled, sortex-cleaned
• Grain length: 6.0 to 7.0 mm average
• Crop: Current season
• Shelf life: 12 to 18 months, stored dry and sealed
• Packing: 5kg, 25kg, 50kg PP bags, or 1,000kg jumbo bags; private label available
• Loading: FCL preferred, LCL available for trial orders

A Short History of Long-Grain Rice for Sale Worldwide

Long grain rice, in the general non-aromatic sense, is the most widely traded rice shape on earth, the reference type behind everything from American Carolina-style rice to most of the bulk rice moving through West African and Caribbean import markets. It became the dominant commodity shape in international trade because it holds up well in storage, cooks predictably, and doesn’t carry a strong flavor of its own, three things that matter enormously once rice has to travel across oceans and sit in a warehouse before it reaches a plate.

Nutritional Profile

Per 100g cooked, long-grain white rice runs close to 130 calories, with about 28g of carbohydrate and roughly 2.5g of protein, broadly in line with our other milled white rice. It’s a clean-label, allergen-free carbohydrate base, which is exactly why it shows up as a default side dish and ingredient base across so many different cuisines rather than being tied to one specific style of cooking.

How This Long-Grain Rice Is Grown and Milled

We source paddy from the same smallholder farms behind our other commodity lines, hulled and milled through multiple passes to fully remove the bran and germ layer, then sortex-sorted to pull discolored or broken grains before bagging. There’s less to say about processing here than on our specialty lines, honestly, because consistency rather than a distinctive trait is the whole goal with this product.

Long-Grain Rice vs. Other Rice We Sell

Compared to our Jasmine Rice, this line has no aroma and costs less, which matters for buyers whose customers don’t specifically ask for a fragrant rice. Compared to our Medium-Grain Rice, it stays looser and more separate after cooking rather than clinging together. Buyers sourcing Long-Grain Rice for sale for general foodservice or retail resale usually pick this over a specialty line specifically because it’s the safest, most predictable choice for a broad customer base.

Grading Standards, Explained

The same terminology applies here as across our commodity rice: broken percentage, admixture, and moisture content, each measured against standard export thresholds. 5% broken is our standard retail grade, with 10% and 25% broken available for institutional catering, feed blending, or budget retail lines where price matters more than presentation.

Where Long-Grain Rice Gets Sold and Used

This is one of our highest-volume export lines specifically because it’s the default choice across so many markets, general grocery retail, foodservice distribution, institutional catering, and government or NGO food programs that need a reliable, shelf-stable staple rather than a specialty product. Demand for Long-Grain Rice for sale tends to track general population growth and food security programs more than any culinary trend.

Sustainability and Farming Practices

The paddies behind this line are the same smallholder, largely rain-fed operations supplying our other rice, without a heavy synthetic pesticide program. Given the volume this line moves at, it’s also where our packaging and logistics choices have the biggest cumulative environmental impact, which is part of why we default to efficient jumbo bag loading for large industrial buyers rather than always packing down to small retail units.

Government and Institutional Procurement

A meaningful share of our Long-Grain Rice for sale volume goes into government food security programs, school feeding initiatives, and NGO distribution contracts rather than commercial retail. These buyers typically have stricter documentation requirements, fixed specification tolerances written into a tender, and longer payment cycles than a commercial buyer, and we’re set up to handle that kind of order, certificate of analysis, phytosanitary documentation, and fixed-price contracts included. If you’re bidding on a tender that requires a specific origin certificate or fumigation standard, tell us the requirement early so we can confirm we can meet it before you commit to a bid.

Common Mistakes First-Time Buyers Make

The most common mistake is assuming long-grain rice is interchangeable with jasmine or basmati in a customer-facing product, it isn’t, the lack of aroma is noticeable to anyone expecting a fragrant rice. The second is not specifying broken grade clearly in a purchase order, since the price difference between grades is real and worth confirming in writing before a container ships. The third is underestimating how much packaging and documentation vary by destination market, which is worth confirming with us before booking rather than after.

Frequently Asked Questions, Continued

What’s the difference between Long-Grain Rice for sale and your White Rice?
They overlap significantly. White Rice in our catalog is graded primarily by broken percentage for general commodity trade; this line is positioned specifically as the non-aromatic long-grain reference type. In practice, buyers ordering either usually get comparable rice, ask us directly if you need a specific distinction for your market.

Is this rice enriched or fortified?
Not as standard, but we can discuss fortification programs for buyers supplying food security or government procurement contracts where that’s a requirement.

Can I order a blend of broken grades?
Yes, tell us your target blend and we can load multiple grades in one shipment.

Packaging and Labeling Options in Detail

Standard packaging is 5kg, 25kg, and 50kg woven PP bags, with 1,000kg jumbo bags for bulk industrial and institutional buyers. Custom bag printing and net weight declarations tailored to your destination market are available on private label orders, and because this is a high-volume line, we typically hold more finished stock ready to ship than on our specialty rice.

A Note on Blending and Custom Specifications

Some buyers ask us to blend broken grades to hit a specific price point, others ask for a slightly different moisture target for a particularly humid destination climate. We can usually accommodate both within reason, since we control our own milling rather than buying finished bags from a third party. What we won’t do is blend in a different variety without disclosing it, which unfortunately isn’t universal practice across every supplier in this market, so it’s worth asking directly if a quote seems unusually cheap relative to the spec.

Rice Trade Terminology Worth Knowing

FOB means the price covers the rice loaded onto the vessel at a Thai port, with the buyer arranging ocean freight from there. CIF means we arrange and include ocean freight and insurance to your destination port. MOQ is minimum order quantity, one 20ft container for most Long-Grain Rice for sale orders. LCL means less than a full container load, useful for smaller trial orders but generally costlier per tonne than a full container.

What to Ask Before You Commit to a Supplier

Ask any supplier, including us: What crop year is this? Can you provide an independent lab certificate rather than just your own spec sheet? What’s your remediation process if a container arrives outside spec? Are you the mill or a trader reselling someone else’s output? We’ll answer all four honestly, and we’d encourage asking the same of anyone else you’re comparing us against.

A Final Note Before You Order

Long-grain rice is the product in our catalog where reliability matters more than any distinctive story, and that’s exactly how we treat it, consistent spec, consistent supply, no surprises. If you’re sourcing Long-Grain Rice for sale for a broad customer base rather than a specialty program, this is usually the right starting point in our catalog.

Cooking Notes Worth Passing to Your Customers

Standard ratio is 1:2 rice to water, brought to a boil then simmered covered for about 18 to 20 minutes, longer than jasmine rice since there’s no aromatic bran compound accelerating absorption. It holds up well to reheating and doesn’t clump the way a stickier grain does, which is part of why it’s the default choice for meal-prep and buffet-style foodservice.

Freight, Loading, and Container Planning

A standard 20ft container holds roughly 24 to 27 tonnes of bagged rice depending on bag size and stacking pattern. We can load mixed pallets if you’re combining this with another line from our catalog in the same container, which is common for buyers splitting a container across a couple of SKUs rather than committing a full load to one product. Flag any destination-specific fumigation or container requirements before booking so nothing holds up customs clearance on arrival.

Quality Control and Traceability

Every batch of long-grain rice we export is traceable back to the mill lot it came from, with records of moisture readings, broken grain percentage, and cleaning runs for each shipment. Given how much volume moves through this line, our internal QC checks run more frequently here than on our lower-volume specialty lines, simply because more containers means more chances for something to slip if we’re not careful.

Why International Buyers Work With Us

We’re not a trading house reselling rice we’ve never seen. DThai Company Limited operates out of Chiang Rai, close to the mills and the paddies, which means we can answer questions about a specific crop, inspect a lot ourselves before it ships, and catch a quality issue before it becomes your problem. Buyers across West Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia keep reordering because the container that arrives matches the sample they approved, shipment after shipment.

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the minimum order for this Long-Grain Rice for sale?
One 20ft container FOB Thailand for standard pricing, with LCL available for smaller trial orders.

Do you ship long-grain rice worldwide?
Yes, this is one of our highest-volume export lines and we ship it to every region we serve.

Can you do custom or private label packaging?
Yes. We handle bag printing and custom packaging specs for buyers who want their own brand on the bag.

Do you offer sample bags before a full order?
Yes, we can send a pre-shipment sample along with a certificate of analysis before you commit to a full container.

Lead Times and Shipping

Once a deposit clears, we typically load and ship within 7 to 15 days, since this is a high-turnover line and we usually have finished stock ready rather than waiting on a fresh milling run. Transit time after that depends on your port, from about a week for regional Asian routes to five or six weeks for the Americas. We’ll give you a realistic date up front and flag it immediately if anything slips.

Ordering

Minimum order is one 20ft container FOB Thailand. Send your target broken percentage, destination port, and volume, and we’ll turn a quote around fast, this is Long-Grain Rice for sale from people who ship it every week, not occasionally.

Payment and Documentation

We work with T/T, 30% deposit and balance against shipping documents, as our standard, and L/C for larger repeat orders. Every shipment includes a certificate of origin, phytosanitary certificate, and fumigation certificate, with third-party inspection available on request.