Abstract:In order to analyse the effects of different degrees of milling on the appearance changes, nutrient content, cooking and taste quality of brown rice, this paper was carried out with the kongyu 131 rice variety and the correlation between the degree of milling and brown rice quality was analysed using Spearman's method in order to obtain brown rice with balanced taste and nutrition. The results showed that as the degree of milling increased (milling reduction rate 0% to 7%, % are mass fraction), the whole brown rice percentage decreased by 1.20%, and skin retention decreased by 72.70%. The content of nutritional components showed a significant decrease, and when the milling rate increased to 7%, the protein content decreased by 8.60%, crude fibre content decreased by 3.40%, starch content increased by 11.00%, and straight-chain starch content increased by 4.60%.The content of Ca, Zn, Fe, Mn, and Cu decreased by 37.70%, 19.21%, 17.01%, 37.52%, and 28.25%, respectively; VB1, VB2, VB3, VB5 and VB6 contents were reduced by 52.39%, 25.00%, 47.98%, 35.36%, 42.64% respectively. Cooking quality results yielded an increase in water absorption, swelling, and solids loss content by 50.88, 62.19, and 5.27 per cent when the milling reduction rate was increased from 0 to 7 per cent, respectively. The maximum disintegration value (1232.56 Pa·s) and the lowest pasting temperature (85.73 ℃) were found at 4% milling reduction rate, when the taste was the best. The correlation analysis showed that the indexes affecting the degree of goodness of brown rice quality were, in descending order: crude fibre > final viscosity > enthalpy > VB3 > Ca content > hardness. In summary, it was concluded that the degree of milling of brown rice was better when the milling reduction rate was 4% and the degree of skin retention was 88.80%, at which time the taste was better than that of commercially available brown rice of the same variety and the nutrition was more balanced.