The body cannot manufacture a single mineral. And yet, minerals are constituents of bones, muscle, blood, nerve cells, teeth and soft tissue. Minerals allow the body to assimilate vitamins. The following minerals are found in NUTRI-RICE® products.

• Calcium
  Calcium builds bones and sound teeth. It helps regulate heart rhythm. It eases sleeplessness. It helpds the passage of nutrients through body cells. Calcium helps body clotting, maintains nerve and muscle functions, helps lower blood pressure, is thought to reduce incidence of colon cancer, and is important to normal kidney function.
• Potassium
  Potassium helps the heart maintain a normal rhythm, and works along with sodium to regulate the body's waste balance. It helps maintain alkalinity of body fluids, stimulates kidney function, reduces high blood pressure and helps maintain healthy skin.
• Magnesium
  Magnesium also helps maintain regular heart rhythms. It helps the body use calcium and Vitamin C. It converts sugar into energy, and it helps the neuromuscular activity of the heart.
• Phosphorus
  Phosphorus is associated with the body's ability to acquire oxygen and helps the cells process protein.
• Iron
  Iron helps combine protein and copper as the body manufactures hemoglobin. Hemoglobin transports oxygen in the flood from the lungs to the cells, thus maintaining life. Iron builds strong blood to resist disease. It also is necessary in the formation of myoglobin which transmits oxygen to muscle.
• Zinc
  Zinc is an antioxidant important to the synthesis of protein. It is vital to the development of reproductive organs, prostate functions and male hormone activity. It plays an important role in the functioning of muscles, stabilizes the blood, helps maintain body alkaline balance, and helps metabolize phosphorus.
• Manganese
  A major antioxidant, manganese helps break down amino acids and is necessary to the metabolism of Vitamin B1 and Vitamin E1. It helps the body's digestive system break down and use food, breaks down fat and cholesterol, and helps build bones. It also maintains sex hormone production.
• Copper
  Copper is essential to the absorption of iron. It helps the body use Vitamin C to build muscle fiber, and helps build red blood cells, and bones.
• Iodine
  Iodine helps the thyroid gland develope and function properly. It regulates body energy, helps burn off excess fat by increasing metabolism and aids mental acuity.
• Sodium and Chloride
  Sodium and chloride as common table salt.
• Sucrose
  Sucrose is naturally occurring sugar.