Value Chain
To bring the best quality products, assert the manufacturing capacity and enhance the competitiveness of Vietnam’s agriculture, Lotus Rice develops and maintains a complete Value Chain.
Rice is produced and quality managed in a closed process: from seed selection, cultivation, harvesting, milling, packaging, loading, distributing to consumers. All take place in an internal process throughout.
5S-SYSTEM
Lotus Rice leverages nature – human relationship and its impact to create a system that ensures the great consistency of the quality and quantity of our rice.
Paddies
Conventional rice
Lotus Rice cooperates with farmers in rice cultivation on 6000ha of paddy fields across Mekong Delta, Vietnam which enables us to groe many rice varities with consistent quality. We guide and train farmers to ensure the farming practice follow EU, US regulation in terms of pesticides & chemical residues.
PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTION LINES
Lotus Rice is processed in state-of-the-art facilities to ensure that only the finest rice grains are produced and delivered. Rice is produced under our processing system from seed selection, cultivation, harvesting, milling, processing, packing to loading.
Paddy pre-cleaner uses screens to separate foreign matter such as straw, rubbish, wood, large stone, string, sand, etc…. out of rice. The machine is designed with inclined screen oscillating crosswise.
After cleaning, rice is categorized and kept in Silos, the temperature is controlled at the proper level to sustain freshness and high quality.
Rice cleaner removes the finer impurities which are left over after pre-cleaning process. Separates stones from rice paddy based on the principle of gravity.
removes stones and clods from soil ridges and moves them to the furrow so that the ridges are free from stones. This also helps when harvesting in wet conditions as the harvester can drive on a row of stones which helps improve traction.
Removing all or part of the bran layer and germ from brown rice. The result of the process is white rice
Improving the appearance of milled rice by removing the remaining bran particles and by polishing the exterior of the milled kernel.
The rice is passed before an electronic eye that detects any difference in color. damaged kernels, yellow kernels, and discolors grains are removed.
After processing, rice is categorized and kept in Silos, the temperature and fumigation system of which are controlled at the proper level to sustain freshness and high quality.
We invest in automating the whole process of packing & packaging our rice to ensure high-quality of finished products. Fully automatic packing lines significantly increase production rate, quality of the output, reduce labor costs, and minimize human errors.
In-house loading
The in-house integrated process allows us to control 100% of the entire chain, from processing to packing and loading; in-house loading avoids damage and maximizes loading capacity. The ideal locations of Lotus farms & factories in Mekong Delta facilitate transporting convenience with time and effort savings.
QUALITY CERTIFICATES
Advanced technology allows Lotus Rice to strictly manage every stage of the entire production process from elimination, screening, polishing, color sortex, packaging & packing, metal filtration in a comprehensive way, complying with international standards of
PACKAGING MATERIALS
Our packaging supply partners are experts and leading firms in the industry. With their supports, we are able to provide a diverse range of packaging materials at a cost-effective rate, such as jar, PA/PE, PP laminated, PP woven, paper, metallic silver,…
PACKAGING CUSTOMIZATION
Lotus Rice delivers retail packaging & packing solutions from 500gr – 10kg in diverse wholesale bulk packing, such as big bag, jumbo, liner.
PACKING SPECIFICATIONS
We are able to pack and load in jumbo, liner bag, pallet, slip sheet, loose loading/bags loading. Capability of loading: 500 tons/day
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
Lotus Rice has been reaching out to the world widely and becoming an international food brand, selling in over 55 countries: the USA, Europe, Australia, Middle East, Africa, and other parts of Asia. We have built diverse distribution channels including wholesale, HORECA, modern trade, and retail. Lotus Rice has helped its customers reach their targets in all aspects of the business.
RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS
At Lotus Rice, we commit to provide outstanding rice grains, in order to bring positive energy to every family’s life. This is the happiness recipe we aim for – connecting love and sharing joy to every household