... Targeting Rice Bran Derived Protein

Press Release Source: NutraCea On Wednesday August 17, 2011, 8:00 am

URMOND, THE NETHERLANDS and SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire -08/17/11)- The DSM Innovation Center ('DSM') and NutraCea (OTCQB: NTRZ.PK - News) (Pinksheets: NTRZ.PK - News) announce that on August 15, 2011, the companies entered into a Joint Research and Development Agreement ('JDA'). Under the terms of the agreement, NutraCea and DSM will share existing patented and proprietary intellectual property and know-how to investigate extraction and modification of high quality vegetable proteins from rice bran.

DSM's Remco van Es, Business Manager Food & Feed Segment, commented: "After our initial analysis of climate change impacts on global agricultural output in the context of a growing world population, we realized that mining for food components like proteins from vegetable agricultural side streams or biorefineries could play an important role as part of a solution. Furthermore, when it comes to the nitrogen cycle our planet's sustainable limits have already been exceeded by at least 200%. It is only logical to investigate possibilities to harvest protein from currently underdeveloped sources like rice bran."

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