Bread that can be done with the powder of rice named "Gopan" is widespread little by little.

Gopan has not been so sold in general up to now about 30 yen from 20 yen each more expensively than the bread of wheat might in the main supply destination for the school lunch. However, it is said that there is a merit unexpected as the taste looks better by combining with the material that is appropriate for "Side dish of meal" (the mushroom and the pumpkin of" "Though bread) in addition to a texture damp as being also in the point of the article, too. It marketed in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries dining room in Tokyo and Kasumigaseki district in January this year, and sales began also in National Diet and the congressional office building of the House of Councilors in April.

There is an advantage "Even the person who suffers from flour allergy can eat" in Gopan. Moreover, the cake made from the U.S. powder because it has a similar advantage is sold.

"If the demand for Gopan rises, the rice phenomenon is saved. " every year if the current state to which the consumption of rice has decreased is seen by 90,000 tons or more though the consumption of the powder of rice doesn't come up to 5000 tons a year. The expectation from related each place is also great.