This rice used to be good. But the last 3 times I’ve bought it, the quality had gone down the drain. There are so many rocks %26 stuff in it. I had to throw away one of the bags.

I don't know if i got a bad batch, unfortunately I didn't catch it early enough, otherwise I would have returned it. Many grains had black on the tip and I even found a bug. I ended up throwing away this rice. I wish Sams could read this to make things right. Anyway, no, I do not recommend this.

I do not like this rice. The rice grains are not just long-grain white rice. Some other kind of rice is mixed in there. This rice does not cook properly and does not taste good at all (flavor or texture). I've stopped buying this and switched to the yellow bag Jasmine rice as it is really good.

I have bought this rice many times over the years, but lately the quality has been slipping a lot. I have had to throw away the last two bags I have purchased because of bugs. In the first case I had about 10-15 pounds left when I noticed webs in the top of the bag. This time I had put some on a plate to get rid of bad rice and found it to contain live bugs, in this case I ended up throwing about 40 pounds away. I also noticed that a lot of the rice had a white plastic look to it, through Google, I found out that this was rice that had not been allowed to mature.

Let me start this off by saying I worked in the grain business for years, same as my family. So I know grain gets bugs. However, the bag I received had bugs when I opened it along with larve. The grain it's self had quite a few black grains (which I would call mold) along with lots of morning glory seeds and grain hulls. If I received this grain at a grainery I would have gave it a 3 at best. 1 being great, 2 being good (which is what most people eat.) 3 being poor, and 4 being trash. This bag is somewhere between a 3 and a 4. It's just awful. I seriously just sifted through a 25 pounds of rice and got maybe 10 pounds. I threw the other 15 pounds away because there were just too many bugs to pick out. Our nearest Sam's club is an hour away so I didn't even bother taking it back. I won't make this mistake again for sure. It's not the first time I've bought this rice either. All the other bags have been excellent quality, but somewhere in the past two years something went down hill.

It feels like they put in 10% of old, hard, expired rice that never softens mixed in with fresh rice. After making a 35 minute rice pudding it should be soft, but it's not... Let's be honest and throw out the old rice and compost it instead of making our desserts and dinners miserable, especially when it is in bulk. I will never buy again.

This rice was used to replace the rice that came in the box. Unfortunately, you have made a mistake. While it is labeled “long grained”, it is absolutely not the same type of rice. You have made a mistake. The old rice was in the same category as Uncle Ben’s long grained rice. The new one is a totally different texture.

If I could have given this rice 0 stars, I would. This is absolutely horrible quality rice. Different length grains like other reviewers commented, black pieces/sediment like pieces throughout just 1 1/2 cups of rice. Tried to pick it out. Rinse off my rice like I always do because I needed it the night it came in. Always put extra liquid in my rice and it STILL came out hard like the rice was mostly uncooked after almost TWENTY minutes of boiling. And no. Not burnt. HARD like the rice is heat resistant plastic. Never regretted a purchase more quickly or thoroughly in my life. My child who LOVES rice refused to even finish the little bit she was given.

I bought this in order to maintain on hand an ample supply of easily-stored rice for basic, no-frills; yet nutritious meals. So far, I have been pleased using it for Beans & Rice, Chicken Rice Soup, and for Rice Pudding. I note that it is "stickier" than the long grain white rice to which I am accustomed (used by Chinese Restaurants)--but is no doubt less expensive. Were you to desire a product for use by itself, as a side dish, you might be better served by a fancier variety. I note that this comes in a sturdy, plastic bag to protect contents--once opened, one must devise a means of re-closing it in secure fashion. (I used packing tape, but various spring-type closures should also work).

This rice cooks up well and is not gluey.