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Rice bran wax wins award for adding value
Published: 20/09/2012 at 5:43 AM

Rice bran wax extracted from bran oil has won a 2012 Rice Innovation Award.
The award, an annual contest organised by the Thai Rice Foundation (TRF) and the National Innovation Agency (NIA) is aimed at promoting innovations that help increase the value of Thai rice.

The multipurpose wax extracted from rice bran oil and produced by U-Khao U-Nam Co won in the Outstanding Innovation in Industry category.

It is considered a world-class innovation in multipurpose waxing products.

“The product maximises the use of gamma oryzano, which is an important component of rice bran oil, to protect car interiors from ultraviolet rays and extend the life of products, especially interior equipment, leather seat covers and car consoles,” said Sumeth Tantivejkul, chairman of the Thai Rice Foundation.

“The innovation can add to the value of organic rice bran oil by 10 times.”

Mr Sumeth said rice innovations would partly help to restructure rice production from the basic production process up the value chain to prepare the Thai rice industry to cope with the fierce competition that will arise with the advent of the Asean Economic Community (AEC).

He said after the formation of AEC in 2015, neighbouring countries such as Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and…