Per 100 kcal energy, brown rice has 3-4 times more minerals, 6 times more fiber and 4 times more vitamin B-6.

Nutrient Brown rice, cooked white rice, cooked
Alanine 0.12 0.10
Arginine 0.15 0.15
Ash 0.34 0.16
Aspartic acid 0.19 0.17
Calcium, Ca 8.92 2.30
Carbohydrate, by difference 20.99 21.99
Cholesterol 0.00 0.00
Copper, Cu 0.07 0.02
Cystine 0.02 0.03
Energy 100.00 100.00
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated 0.26 0.05
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated 0.26 0.04
Fatty acids, total saturated 0.14 0.04
Fiber, total dietary 1.60 0.23
Folate, DFE 3.57 74.61
Folate, food 3.57 1.53
Folate, total 3.57 44.61
Folic acid 0.00 43.07
Glutamic acid 0.42 0.35
Glycine 0.10 0.08
Histidine 0.05 0.04
Iron, Fe 0.47 1.14
Isoleucine 0.08 0.07
Leucine 0.17 0.15
Lysine 0.07 0.06
Magnesium, Mg 39.28 10.00
Manganese, Mn 0.97 0.29
Methionine 0.04 0.04
Niacin 1.18 1.41
Pantothenic acid 0.35 0.31
Phenylalanine 0.10 0.09
Phosphorus, P 68.75 28.46
Potassium, K 70.53 22.30
Proline 0.09 0.08
Protein 2.07 1.83
Retinol 0.00 0.00
Riboflavin 0.01 0.01
Selenium, Se 5.76
Serine 0.10 0.09
Sodium, Na 0.89 0.00
Thiamin 0.09 0.12
Threonine 0.07 0.06
Total lipid (fat) 0.74 0.16
Tryptophan 0.02 0.02
Tyrosine 0.07 0.06
Valine 0.12 0.11
Vitamin A, IU 0.00 0.00
Vitamin A, RAE 0.00 0.00
Vitamin B-12 0.00 0.00
Vitamin B-6 0.13 0.03
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid 0.00 0.00
Water 65.14 52.77
Zinc, Zn 0.55 0.32
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