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product_id: 749297021
title: "Haiga - Shortgrain Rice 2kg"
brand: "tamaki"
price: "£89.75"
currency: GBP
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reviews_count: 5
category: "Tamaki"
url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/749297021-haiga-shortgrain-rice-2kg
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# Retains nutritious rice germ Rich in Vitamins B1, B2, B6 & E Consistent 2kg (4.4 lbs) pouch Haiga - Shortgrain Rice 2kg

**Brand:** tamaki
**Price:** £89.75
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌾 Elevate your meals with the rice that blends tradition, nutrition & flawless texture!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Haiga - Shortgrain Rice 2kg by tamaki
- **How much does it cost?** £89.75 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/749297021-haiga-shortgrain-rice-2kg)

## Best For

- tamaki enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted tamaki brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Gentle on Digestion:** Balanced milling keeps the rice easy on your stomach without sacrificing nutrition.
- • **Perfect Sushi & Beyond:** Ideal shortgrain texture that clumps gently for sushi and absorbs flavors beautifully.
- • **Nutrient-Rich Every Grain:** Lightly milled to preserve essential vitamins and fiber for mindful eating.
- • **Consistent Premium Quality:** Grown in California with traditional milling for reliable, fluffy, and tender rice every time.
- • **Chef-Approved Pantry Essential:** Trusted by culinary experts and home cooks for gourmet and everyday meals alike.

## Overview

Tamaki Haiga Shortgrain Rice is a premium 2kg pouch of lightly milled Japanese-style rice grown in California. It uniquely retains the rice germ, preserving vital vitamins B1, B2, B6, and E along with fiber, delivering a soft, tender bite perfect for sushi, rice bowls, and steamed dishes. This gluten-free rice offers consistent cooking results, gentle digestion, and a clean, natural flavor that appeals to both culinary professionals and mindful home cooks.

## Description

Tamaki Haiga Shortgrain Rice is a perfect union of tradition, flavor and nutrition. Grown in California and processed with precision, this japanese short grain rice retains the nutritious germ while delivering the soft, tender bite rice lovers crave. Ideal for sushi, rice bowls or simple steamed dishes, each batch offers clean flavor and satisfying texture. Unlike regular polished sticky rice, Tamaki Haiga maintains more natural vitamins and minerals while still delivering a fluffy easy-to-cook experience. It absorbs flavor well, clumps gently for sushi and cooks consistently every time. 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: This short grain white rice is lightly milled to keep essential nutrients while being easy on your stomach, ideal for both everyday meals and special dishes. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬: Loved by chefs and home cooks alike, this japanese sushi rice offers quality you can taste. With roots in traditional milling, it consistently delivers excellent results for every meal. From family dinners to gourmet creations, Tamaki Haiga brings out the best in every bite. And with its convenient packaging and premium consistency, this tamaki haiga rice is a pantry essential for anyone serious about real flavor and mindful eating.

Review: Delicious and always consistant quality - I'm on my 5th bag of the Tamiki Haiga. I made the switch to haiga-mai rice after looking for something between white and brown rice, that keeps some of the germ of the rice on the grain. The quality is excellent, the packaging is good (always bug free for me) and it cooks very near the consistency of white sushi rice.
Review: UPDATE: Fabulous Flavor and Nutrition ($$) - UPDATE: September 30, 2020 Replenished my stock and it was put into a box without any headroom (the bag touched the top of the box) so when I cut it open it cut open the bag of rice. Annoying. The rice is nitrogen-packed which keeps it fresh and I wasn't ready to open this bag for another couple of weeks. :( I love rice. Short grain, long grain, sushi, basmati, arborio, carnaroli, bomba, Jasmine, sticky, black, red, green, white. But for many years, Lundberg Golden Rose, a medium-to-short grain brown rice, was my standard, every day rice, and pretty much my favorite rice, despite being brown. (In other varieties of rice I preferred the taste of white rice.) Sadly, they stopped growing it. I was looking for another all-around day-to-day rice. I experimented making GABA rice, I also sprouted rice, and tried other ways to coax myself to eat brown rice. I had two concerns: Limiting the phytic acid/making the nutrients bio available and flavor. I did feel slightly virtuous eating the sprouted and GABA rice, but the one aspect of brown rice I did like (not the taste), the "bite" or chewiness, was destroyed. Then a few years ago I heard about Haga Mai, but it wasn't readily available. When I saw this on desertcart, I knew I had to try it. This rice is ridiculously delicious. It is chewy, has the mildness of white rice with just a bit of the rich flavor of brown. It could end up being my permanent replacement for Golden Rose. But it is very pricey. I am hoping that if demand increases, the price will come down. Really good though! *I'm still rating it four stars for value for money because if it is as nutritionally rich as all the hype, it's a pretty good value.

## Features

- Product of USA
- Rice germ contains Vitamin B1, B2, B6, and E as well as fiber.
- Fully milled, yet it retains its own rice germ
- 4.4 lbs/ 2kg - Shortgrain Haiga Rice

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B01LYMW6E9 |
| Brand | TAMAKI |
| Brand Name | TAMAKI |
| Coin Variety 1 | Short Grain |
| Container Type | Pouch |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 255 Reviews |
| Diet Type | Gluten Free |
| Diet type | Gluten Free |
| Item Form | grain |
| Item Package Quantity | 1 |
| Item Package Weight | 2.03 Kilograms |
| Item Weight | 4.4 Pounds |
| Item package quantity | 1 |
| Item weight | 4.4 Pounds |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Package Size Name | 4.4 Pound |
| Serving Range | 30-40 |
| Size | 4.4 Pound (Pack of 1) |
| UPC | 097267352638 |
| Unit Count | 70.54 Grams |
| Unit count | 70.54 Grams |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** TAMAKI
- **Diet type:** Gluten Free
- **Item weight:** 2 kg
- **Number of Items:** 1
- **Unit count:** 70.54 Grams

## Images

![Haiga - Shortgrain Rice 2kg - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61T7QhIxuVL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Can you use it for other recipes including non-japanies or only for Sushi?**
A: It's a great rice with lots of flavor and texture.  Most often I use it alone as a side dish.  If a recipe specifically calls for sushi rice, I would not use Haiga.

**Q: Please clarify..is it brown or white rice?  Is it the same as spouted (gaba) ?  Thank you!**
A: Brown rice is a whole-grain rice with the inedible outer hull removed, white rice is the same grain with the hull, bran layer and cereal germ removed.   Haiga ("rice germ" in Japanese) rice is a semi-transparent beige in color, and it tastes and cooks similarly to regular Japanese white rice - but it maintains many of the natural vitamins and other nutrients lost in processing white rice. Rice germ contains Vitamin B1, B2, B6, and E as well as fiber.

**Q: Is this rice sticky enough to make sushi or rice balls? Thank you ahead of time.**
A: Absolutely. I make rice balls all the time with it and it would definitely be suitable for sushi as well. This rice has superior flavor (in my opinion!) and nutrition (objectively) compared to fully-hulled sushi rice and its glycemic impact is surprisingly low. It’s the only rice I cook for my family now.

**Q: Is roundup or glyphosate based pesticide/herbicides or any harmful products used in growing or drying this rice at any point?**
A: I contacted the company.

Bill,
 
Our products are grown conventionally and are not organic.
 
Best,
Tyler Jones
Tamaki Rice Corporation

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Delicious and always consistant quality
*by M***C on 8 June 2026*

I'm on my 5th bag of the Tamiki Haiga. I made the switch to haiga-mai rice after looking for something between white and brown rice, that keeps some of the germ of the rice on the grain. The quality is excellent, the packaging is good (always bug free for me) and it cooks very near the consistency of white sushi rice.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ UPDATE: Fabulous Flavor and Nutrition ($$)
*by T***) on 10 September 2019*

UPDATE: September 30, 2020 Replenished my stock and it was put into a box without any headroom (the bag touched the top of the box) so when I cut it open it cut open the bag of rice. Annoying. The rice is nitrogen-packed which keeps it fresh and I wasn't ready to open this bag for another couple of weeks. :( I love rice. Short grain, long grain, sushi, basmati, arborio, carnaroli, bomba, Jasmine, sticky, black, red, green, white. But for many years, Lundberg Golden Rose, a medium-to-short grain brown rice, was my standard, every day rice, and pretty much my favorite rice, despite being brown. (In other varieties of rice I preferred the taste of white rice.) Sadly, they stopped growing it. I was looking for another all-around day-to-day rice. I experimented making GABA rice, I also sprouted rice, and tried other ways to coax myself to eat brown rice. I had two concerns: Limiting the phytic acid/making the nutrients bio available and flavor. I did feel slightly virtuous eating the sprouted and GABA rice, but the one aspect of brown rice I did like (not the taste), the "bite" or chewiness, was destroyed. Then a few years ago I heard about Haga Mai, but it wasn't readily available. When I saw this on Amazon, I knew I had to try it. This rice is ridiculously delicious. It is chewy, has the mildness of white rice with just a bit of the rich flavor of brown. It could end up being my permanent replacement for Golden Rose. But it is very pricey. I am hoping that if demand increases, the price will come down. Really good though! *I'm still rating it four stars for value for money because if it is as nutritionally rich as all the hype, it's a pretty good value.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely delicious
*by E***. on 14 June 2024*

I absolutely love this rice. It's delicious and nutritious. I like to make it in my instant pot and it comes out perfect every time. 1 cup of rice to 1 cup of liquid (I like to make it with broth) or water, a generous pinch of salt. Cook 4 minutes at high pressure and allow for natural pressure release (which takes about 15-20 minutes) and the rice comes out perfect. Tender with just the right amount of chew. Sometimes I sauté a finely chopped shallot in duck fat (or butter) directly in the Instant Pot before adding the rice and liquid for extra flavor. Mmmm, I'm going to make some today! P.S. Make sure to rinse the rice well several times before use.

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*Store origin: GB*
*Last updated: 2026-08-14*