you should worry more about whether the rice itself will kill you, rice can have quite worrying levels of arsenic depending on where it’s grown.

but in general just, like, think about what you’re buying? if you live in europe then maybe go with pasta or potato as your main starch rather than something grown halfway across the world.

I’m always annoyed when people go “oh but rice and beans is the cheapest food possible!” bitch rice is more expensive than pasta and beans are only barely cheaper than ground pork (the cheapest meat) here in sweden. The actual cheapest food here is onion stew with potatoes and peas, and as a bonus all 3 of those are grown domestic.