Even since the federal government prohibited the importation of foreign rice, local rice companies have really stepped up and making sure Nigerians get the best of locally made rice.
Local Rice are rice that are grown, harvested, processed and bagged in Nigeria. Indeed you will agree with me that the move to ban foreign rice was a good one because it has brought increase in demand of locally produced rice thereby increasing made in Nigerian products and employment rate.
There are several local rice companies across the country and they produce and distribute high quality rice to different parts of the country. The local rice made in Nigeria has been proven to have more nutritional value than most of the foreign rice imported into the country. Our locally produced rice have lower fat content and contain more protein, fibre, minerals and vitamins, etc.
If you consider how much is a bag of rice is now in Nigeria the price keeps going up and for most people, local rice is much far more better because they are more affordable than foreign rice. The reason for this is because they are produced in Nigeria.
Due to the production of local rice, the price of a bag of rice has been affected. One of the major challenges with local rice is that some of them are not properly processed and they contain sand and stone. However there are other that are well processed, clean and easy to cook and these are the brands that we will be focusing on in this article. Below are the best local rice brands in Nigeria
Best Rice Brands in Nigeria
Elephant Rice
Mama’s Choice
Big Bull Rice
Mama’s Pride
Anambra Rice
Cosrice Premium Rice
Umza Rice
Ofada Rice
Labana Rice
Adaminna Rice
1. Elephant Rice
This is one of the best rice brands in Nigeria, Elephant Rice has been in the Nigerian market for over 25 years. As a top quality brand, their sales network is scattered all over the country. Their brand of rice comes in two different bags. They have a new design that comes in yellow bags while the old comes in green bags.
The Elephant Pride Sortexed Quality Rice comes in both 50kg and 25kg bags and they are of premium quality that keeps customers satisfied.
2. Mama’s Choice
Another top local rice brand in Nigeria is the Mama’s Choice rice. The rice is produced and packaged in Nigeria by OLAM Group.
This is a parboiled local rice that is made of premium quality. It is a stone free, firm and non-sticky rice. The brand of rice is easy to cook with high nutritional value. It contains vitamin B, carbohydrates, minerals and so in. Mama’s Choice rice comes in a beautiful and attractive package and it’s considered one of the best in the country by it’s numerous customer across the country.
3. Big Bull Rice
This high quality rice is 100 per cent produced and packed in Nigeria by WACOT Rice Limited on behalf of Chi Limited. This parboiled rice is sourced from one of the top rice producing states in Nigeria, Kebbi State.
This rice producing company runs an integrated rice mill in Argungu, Kebbi State, Nigeria. It is regarded as one of the biggest rice mills not just in Nigeria but the whole of the Sub-Saharan Africa. They get paddy from different paddy producing state in Nigeria, and they also engage in outgrower farming programmes with paddy farmers to increase production.
As one of the best made in Nigeria rice, it is clean and not stoney. It’s contains vitamins and minerals such as magnesium, calcium, potassium, etc.
Big Bull Rice is available in various sizes such as 750g, 2.25kg, 5kg, 10kg, 25kg and 50kg. Their distributors are across the country in cities like Lagos, Enugu, Onitsha, Port Harcourt, Abuja, etc.
4. Mama’s Pride
This is the most popular local rice brand in Nigeria. Mama’s Pride rice is produced by OLAM Nigeria Limited. It is a very clean, well processed and packaged and yet very affordable.
Mama’s Pride rice has high nutritional value, this non-sticky rice is very sweet and contains high fiber, vitamins and minerals. It’s absolutely no brainer why this brand is one if the most preferred local rice brands in the country.
5. Anambra Rice
This is another leading local rice brand in Nigeria, produced by Anambra Rice Mill Limited. The rice is stone free, non-sticky clean and double sortexted.
Anambra Rice is long grain and easy to cook. They have distributors across different cities in Nigeria, and they work hand in hand with outgrower farmers in the business.
6. Cosrice Premium Rice
This long grain rice is also one of the best brands in the country. Cosrice Premium Rice is produced by Cosrice Farm located in Anambra State, Nigeria. The company is in partnership with communities in Sabon Gide, Abuja.
Cosrice Farm produces quality and properly processed rice. It is a parboiled and stone free rice well packaged for homes, hotels and restaurants.
7. Umza Rice
Umza International Farm Limited is one of the best rice brands in Nigeria, Umza parboiled long grain rice is distributed across top rice dealers across the country. It is enriched with various minerals and vitamins and it’s fat free.
This rice company is located in Kano State, Nigeria but their dealers and distributors are all over the country. You can get this rice brand in any city you are all you have to do is go to any rice distributors near you.
8. Ofada Rice
This is the most common local rice in Nigeria. It is sold in restaurants and hotels, it is sweet, easy to cook and stone free. This short grain rice has made a name for itself. It’s cultivated mostly in Ogun state and Ebonyi state.
Ofada Rice tatest better than most foreign and local rice and it has a lot of health benefits. When compared to other rice brands, it has higher amount of minerals, vitamins, fibre, etc. This rice is easy to cook and there are available in different sizes. You can get it 25kg, 10kg, and 5kg.
9. Labana Rice
This rice is produced and packaged by Labana Rice Mill Limited, it is the first indigenous rice mill in Kebbi State. Labana Supreme Parboiled Rice is one of the top brands of local rice in Nigeria. It is highly nutritious, resistance to weevils and easy to cook.
Labana Rice Mill Limited was established in 2012 but started operations in 2014. Labana bags of rice are available in various sizes such a as 50kg, 25kg, 10kg and 5kg.
10. Adaminna Rice
Adaminna Rice is produced and packaged by Adaminna Rice Farm Limited. This rice farm is located in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.
Adaminna Rice is a parboiled quality rice, it is delicious, stone free, non-sticky and easy to cook. It is one of the best local rice in Nigeria.