Cleaning

Milling starts with the cleaning of rice. This is a multi-step process where foreign material like straws, mud balls, threads, stones, paddy and metal particles are removed from the rice. High performance precleaners and classifiers are used to achieve great accuracy in feeding a purified rice to the later processes. This process is applicable to both the white rice and brown rice. Apart from the cleaning process itself, it is ensured that none of such impurities are added into rice during subsequent processes.

All the machines, conveyers, bins and hoppers are equipped with a generously sized aspiration system; keeping the entire building dust-free.

Husking

The selected Basmati paddy is then allowed to slowly reduce its moisture by natural-sun-drying-method, to achieve optimum moisture content for husking. Paddy is spread over large fields during the day and left for drying in the sun. This gradual drying helps to avoid thermal cracks in the rice grains, which would result in broken grains at later stages. Paddy is then brought in to Noor Rice Mill's sheller where Brown Rice is produced after cleaning, de-husking and grading. In Brown rice, only the outer husk is removed, leaving the germ and bran layer, and retaining most of the nutritional value.

Bran is rich in minerals and vitamins. This minimal processing therefore, produces rice that is healthier to eat. For Noor Rice Mill, the key is to ensure that Basmati retains all that nature has given it. The brown rice after grading is transported to Noor Rice Mill's warehouses.

Whitening

Rice is a delicate grain; requires extra care in processing. Any rough handling during processing can cause the grains to break or develop cracks. At Noor Rice Mill rice is gently milled in whitening machines in several passes to ensure efficient removal of bran. Number of passes depends upon the degree of whiteness required. Furthermore, rice is allowed to pass through mist polishers which impart an extremely clean and glossy white appearance to the kernels, a distinct advantage over traditional milling methods. Noor Rice Mill has installed state of the art processing machines which ensure quality of rice at every step.

Warehousing

One of the main peculiarities of Basmati rice is enhancement in its taste and aroma when it is seasoned for eight-to-nine months. Noor Rice Mill has made it part of its policy to sale only seasoned rice for consumption by its customers. This makes warehousing one very important step in the whole production process of the company. Stocks of brown basmati rice are stored in well-ventilated and spacious warehouses of the company in Islamabad. These stocks are kept in most hygienic conditions remaining under observation of Noor Rice Mill's own staff. During the period stocks remain in warehouses, these are subjected to regular inspection and fumigation from time-to-time against infestations by organisms.

Because of the fact that Noor Rice Mill purchases large quantities of paddy at the beginning of season and a long maturing period of rice, inventory carrying cost of the company is quite high. It is, however, compensated well by the real-basmati-experience by the consumers.

Color Sorting

Color sorting is very intricate process and ensure consistent quality of rice. Color sorting process removes discolored grains from processed rice to give the final product a uniform-color look. Noor Rice Mills has employed latest technology of Satake of Japan. Through this newly introduced technology in Pakistan, individual grains are distinguished by digital Image Processing, with NIR sensors and less than 0.5% Contamination {wastage}. Because of its computerized control system, this machine can be applied for any kind of rice. Thus it is capable of simultaneous sorting of chalky rice and discolored rice, as well as transparent and white resin and glass with less than 0.5% contamination.

It also removes the high concentration of predominantly chalky and discolored rice to give a uniform appearance. As a result, fewer acceptable grains are lost to the rejects. Noor Rice Mills is the first ever Rice Mill of Pakistan, which has employed highly advanced technology for Rice Processing. This technology has also enabled us to claim 100% quality of rice. Mill has also used CCD (Charged Coupled Device) sensors. These sensors have five times the resolution capability of conventional camera types. Small defects are sensed and rejected with higher accuracy.

Packaging

Noor Rice Mills has the most modern Electronic Weighing Scales that ensure high degree of accuracy in weighing. Our packaging mechanism is subject to client requirement ranging in size from 1 kg to 100kg. Several kinds of packing materials are used as per customer demands, such as: -

(i) Cardboard / Paper-sack

(ii) Polypropylene

(iii) Cotton

(iv) Jute

Our latest packaging technology ensures maximum shelf life and taste of rice till it meets the end consumer. Noor Rice Mills operates with a very effective and well-coordinated transportation system both inland and outward to ensure timely delivery and safe handling of its products.