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Is Ocean’s Halo “Sticky Rice” really sticky rice?


I want to make Japanese sticky rice with beans (aka kashichi), so I need Japanese sticky rice. The only thing I can find in the store here is Ocean’s Halo “sticky rice”. I’m very confused because even though it is labeled “sticky rice”, the box says “great for sushi and poke bowls”. I know that sticky rice and sushi rice are not the same thing so I don’t know what’s going on here. Does anyone know if this is actually glutinous rice?

6 comments

  2. Rice for sushi and poke is usually just Japanese short grain. Mochi rice is what you’re going for. If you can’t find that, look for Chinese sticky rice.

  3. Often Japanese rice is called sticky rice but it is not the same as the “sticky rice” used for making mochi.
    Mochi is made from a special kind of rice called sweet rice or gultinous rice. You can find it in an Asian grocery store or any large supermarkets.

  4. People seemed to start calling short grain Japanese rice “sticky rice” in the 90s. I always thought it was stupid, because growing up it was just good rice. I hated the rice we would usually get at Chinese restaurants (“birdseed rice”). I think the term was for white people who needed to differentiate between long grain and short grain. If you were looking for Thai style sticky rice, I don’t think this is suitable.

  5. It’s becoming common for North American companies to label sushi rice as “sticky”, which is causing a lot of confusion. It’s not “sticky rice” in the sense of glutinous rice, they just mean that it sticks together enough to make sushi.

  6. no, this is just an example of “whitewashed” branding not making any sense to people who actually eat this kind of rice the most. the product itself is just short grain rice. to get true sticky rice you will likely need to go to an asian grocery store, and look for “glutinous” rice.

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