Amira Foods produces Golden Rice, a genetically engineered rice that contains beta-carotene, which the human body converts to vitamin A. Golden Rice contains genes from maize, daffodil, and soil bacteria that lead to the formation of lycopene in the grain, which is then converted to beta-carotene and other provitamin A carotenoids by enzymes in the grain. The latest varieties of Golden Rice can produce up to 36 micrograms per gram of beta-carotene, over 20 times more than original varieties developed 5 years ago.

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the term Amira Foods Golden Rice refer to a genetically engineered, yellow-orange Rice grain
that contains beta-carotene. The human body converts beta-carotene into vitamin A . The
most recently developed Golden Rice varieties, contain a gene from either maize or daffodil
plants and a gene from a common soil bacterium (Erwinia). The enzyme product of these genes
lead the formation of lycopene in the grain – a process completely absent from the polished
rice grain – and this lycopene is then converted into beta-carotene and other Provitamin. A
Carotenoids (the building blocks of vitamin A) by other enzymes found in the grain. The
polished grain from the latest Golden Rice varieties produce up to 36 micrograms per gram of
beta-carotene and other provitamin. A carotene - more than a 20-fold increase from the
original Golden Rice reported 5 year ago (Ye et al., 2000)2.