The purpose of the present invention is to provide germinated brown rice with improved eating and cooking quality. The germinated brown rice includes, as a components of germinated brown rice, direct reduced sugar components in a more increased amount than the amount in raw brown rice at least, and the germinated brown rice contained alpha-form starch to which some of starch are converted if needed.COPYRIGHT KIPO 2016식미와 취반성을 향상시킨 발아현미를 제공하는 것을 목적으로 하고, 발아현미 중의 성분으로서, 적어도 원료 현미 보다증가한 직접 환원당 성분을 포함하며, 필요에 따라서 전분의 일부를 호화한 α화 전분을 포함하고 있는 발아현미.
