Convenience store sells shelf-stable rice from Japanese emergency prep brand
Convenience store sells shelf-stable rice from Japanese emergency prep brand
2026-09-22
One of Taiwan’s convenience stores recently partnered with a well-known Japanese brand to provide self-stable rice that can sit at room temperature for a year, intended for customers to always have a stockpile at home for an emergency. Even if there’s no power, it can be heated up with a handwarmer. YouTuber HowHow was tapped to demonstrate how to prepare this “lazy man’s” food.
This simple dish is prepared in a flash, as YouTuber HowHow shows how to heat up this easy microwave meal. But the unassuming rice underneath holds a secret.
HowHow
YouTuber
If you lose water or power, eating only crackers or instant noodles could get old. It would be nice to have rice as well.
Peel back the plastic film, put it in the microwave for 90 seconds, and you have some piping hot rice, ready to eat. A convenience store teamed up with a Japanese brand to offer two kinds of emergency prep rice options: freeze-dried rice that rehydrates after soaking in hot water for 15 minutes, and cooked rice that remains shelf-stable at room temperature for a full year. In an emergency situation where there’s no power or microwave, handwarmers can be used to heat it up instead. But are people willing to try it?
Member of public
Wouldn’t try it
No. Normal rice, if you leave it out for too long, gets weevils and stuff. So I think it’s a bit weird, and I wouldn’t want to eat it.
Member of public
Would try it
I’d give it a try. Since it can last out of the fridge for a year, I’d give it a shot, since you can keep it at home and whenever you want, you can just pull out a pack and heat it up.
The company said that they use a low-temperature process to maintain a sterile environment below 15 degrees Celsius through transport, storage, and milling. Beyond retaining nutrients and freshness, it preserves the natural sweetness and original flavor of the rice.
Yamamoto Sho
Company general manager
Our process, straight from the start of production, ensures that no bacteria can form. You can technically eat it cold if you don’t have a handwarmer to heat it, but as the manufacturer, we don’t really recommend that approach, as cold, hard rice is difficult to digest.
The company hopes to encourage people to create “rolling emergency stockpiles” to prepare for disaster while going about their daily shopping routines.
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常溫能存放"1年"? 超商跨界日防災品牌攻備糧商機
2026-09-22
有超商業者提出「平時食用、吃完補充」的循環備糧新觀念，跨界合作日本知名品牌，推出常溫可以保存一年的即食白飯，甚至標榜斷電時，用「暖暖包」也能加熱!更找來知名Youtuber HowHow示範"懶人料理"。
一頓簡單方便的料理，快速上桌，人氣YouTuber HowHow，示範最拿手的微波料理，不過下頭不起眼的白飯，其實大有玄機。
[[人氣YouTuber HowHow]]
"如果大家就是斷水斷電，一直吃餅乾啊，吃泡麵啊，吃一點白飯好像也不錯。"
撕開包裝放入微波爐，只要90秒，熱騰騰的白飯就能上桌。超商攜手日本品牌，引進用熱水泡15分鐘，就能還原成Q彈白飯的乾燥飯；以及可以在常溫下、存放1年的常溫熟飯，2款"防災米飯主打如果在災害停電、沒有微波爐的情況下，還可以用暖暖包來幫即食白飯加熱。但民眾敢吃嗎?
[[民眾]]
"不會。我們一般的米飯那些東西，其實放久了，它就是長一些米蟲這些東西，那我覺得那蠻怪的，所以我覺得不太會敢吃。"
[[民眾]]
"就可能會試試看，因為如果常溫放一年，就是都可以的話，那會想試試看，因為可以放在家裡，然後就是想做的時候，就是想把它拿出來微波，就可以拿出來微波這樣。"
業者強調，是運用「低溫製法」，從運送、保管到碾米，全程維持攝氏15度以下的"無菌低溫管理"，除了減少營養與鮮度流失，也能完整保留米粒的鮮甜原味。
[[日本品牌總經理 山本翔]]
"我們的這個製法上面，就是在一開始製作的時候，我們就確保不會有任何的細菌產生。沒有暖暖包加熱的話，真的生吃也是可以的，不過以我們是製造廠商的角度來看，我們不太推薦這樣的做法，但食用冷硬的米不易消化，因此不建議。"
業者希望推廣"循環備糧"的觀念，讓民眾在日常採買中，就能輕鬆做好防災準備。
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