r/unclebens • u/Thee-lorax- • 1d ago

Advice to Others Uncle Ben brans substitute

I’m seeing posts and comments that uncle Ben’s doesn’t work like it used to. What’s a better alternative?

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u/Eaegifts 1d ago

I’m having amazing success with great value brand (Walmart). Trying the Savvy fare brand (Dollar Tree) now which is the cheapest and driest I’ve found so far.

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u/Rilkespawn 1d ago

I bought the value brand from Walmart yesterday, too. But a couple of those bags already look like some of the pics I’ve seen on here where there is contamination in the bag 😂

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u/Eaegifts 1d ago

Idk I’m a newb and having success with them, I tried UB once before but got contamination. So far zero contamination with the GV brand and just waiting to see some colonized rice in the window on the SF brand. I do notice the moisture content goes UB-high GV-mid SF-low, the SF is extremely low moisture to the point that I can move all the grains down in 2-3sec vs the UB which is hard to move around.