Rice, the popular food doled in every home. Eaten by most people at every party and occassion as a tasty meal. But many struggle to eat all of the rice they get - and decide to put it to the back of their fridge and heat it up later in the week.

Fiona Hunter, a registered nutritionist for Healthspan, also said it should be never heated more than once and why you should keep left over rice in the fridge an hour after cooking and you should not keep cooked rice in the fridge for no longer than 24 hours before consuming it

She said: 'You can reheat rice but you need to be careful to make sure it is stored properly before you reheat it.

'Uncooked rice can contain spores of a bacteria called Bacillus cereus which can survive when rice is cooked and cause food poisoning.

'If rice is left standing at room temperature after it's been cooked, the spores can grow into bacteria, which will multiply.'

Ms Hunter explained this process produces toxins that can cause bouts of vomiting or diarrhoea.
She added: 'The longer cooked rice is left at room temperature, the more likely it is that the bacteria multiply.



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