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Uncle Ben’s Rice becomes Ben’s Original as re-brand hopes to ‘put an end to racial injustices’

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Mars has dropped the Uncle Ben’s branding and revealed a new name for the rice brand: Ben’s Original. Parent firm Mars Inc. unveiled the change Wednesday for the 70-year-old brand, the latest company to drop a logo criticised as a racial stereotype.  Packaging with the new name will hit stores next year. “We listened to … Read more

Two lanes of the M4 motorway had to be closed after lorry spills three tons of pilau rice

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Better Tikka diversion! Two lanes of M4 motorway are closed after lorry spills five pallets of PILAU RICE Almost three tons of pilau rice  fell off the truck and were spilled all over M4  Wiltshire police officers shared the photos on social media and said ‘smells nice’  Two lanes of the motorway are closed and … Read more

Eating too much rice increase your risk of dying from heart disease

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Eating too much rice could be fatal as low levels of arsenic in the grains can increase your risk of dying from heart disease, study warns Arsenic is naturally occurring in rice as it soaks in to the crop as it is grown   Researchers in the UK studied rice consumption and its role in heart disease  … Read more

Tomatoes and peppers filled with herbed trahanas and rice

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Tomatoes and peppers filled with herbed trahanas and rice By Irini Tzortzoglou Published: 00:02 BST, 19 July 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 19 July 2020 Tomatoes and peppers filled with herbed trahanas and rice SERVES 4 8 medium tomatoes 4 small green peppers 1 tsp caster sugar, plus a pinch extra virgin olive oil 1 … Read more

Former Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice says she’s ’98 per cent vegan’

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Former Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice says she’s ’98 per cent vegan’ which allows her ‘the freedom to have a leather handbag’… and she doesn’t care what critics have to say about it By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:04 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 13:04 BST, 30 June 2020 Stephanie Rice has … Read more

Country singer Chase Rice hosts a concert for 4,000 fans in Tennessee

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Country singer Chase Rice hosts a concert for 4,000 fans in Tennessee with NO social distancing or face masks despite coronavirus fears Chase Rice held his first concert in four months in Petros, Tennessee, Saturday   Video from the country singer’s Instagram story shows about 4,000 screaming fans packed tightly inside the venue while not wearing … Read more

Obama’s national security adviser Susan Rice blasts Trump administration as ‘racist to the core’

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Barack Obama’s national security adviser blasted the Trump administration as ‘racist to its core’ and said that electing Joe Biden as president was vital in order to ‘remove Donald Trump and consign those who supported him in the Senate to the trash heap of history.’ Susan Rice, who has been mentioned in recent weeks as … Read more

Uncle Ben’s rice to ‘evolve’ brand as Aunt Jemima name axed

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Another food brand is to undergo an overhaul when it comes to its branding and use of racial stereotypes. Mrs. Butterworth’s which makes syrup is to adjust the imagery of its packaging which is supposed to ‘depict images of a loving grandmother’. The decision comes after the brands of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben’s also … Read more

Uncle Ben’s rice announces it’s ‘evolving’ its brand after Aunt Jemima name is scrapped

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Uncle Ben’s rice has announced it is ‘evolving’ its brand and will redesign its packaging in response to concerns about racial stereotyping – hours after Quaker revealed it was scrapping the Aunt Jemima name.   Parent company Mars, Inc on Wednesday revealed it was following suit in ‘helping to put an end to racial bias and injustices’, … Read more