Enjoy your wild rice, it is gluten free. Actually, most rice is gluten free: whole-grain brown rice, polished white rice, long-grained basmati rice and exotic black rice. The only things you need to be careful for are prepackaged rice mixes. Sometimes these mixes contain a starch, made from wheat, which contains gluten.
Wild Rice is a grass–grown in water that is two to four feet deep. Its thin stem makes for a fragile plant. If the water becomes too shallow, it will bend and break. If the water gets too high, the plant washes away.
Nutrition
It is slightly higher in protein than other grains. It is rich in fiber, foliate, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, vitamin B6 and niacin.
Fun Fact
Wild rice can be cooked like popcorn. Poprice makes for an alternative, nutritious, snack.