Gopan, A Machine That Makes Bread From Rice

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-10-13 00:35
  [video=youtube;3EKGAnWKHmI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EKGAnWKHmI[/video]
  
  

  On October 8, Sanyo Electric will release the GOPAN, the world's first bread maker that can make bread from regular grains of rice.
  
  Unlike previous products, which required the use of rice flour to make bread, this cooker uses grains of rice as the main ingredient. This minimizes the cost of materials, and makes it easy to bake rice bread at home.
  
  "We wondered if it was possible to make bread from rice grain in the home. So we spent about four years on a process of trial and error. What we finally came up with was the "rice paste method". In this new method, the rice is soaked in water, and then cut with a rotary blade to form a very fine paste. In this way, we've developed a product that effectively makes bread from grains of rice."
  
  The GOPAN is basically used in the same way as regular bread making machines. First of all, 220g of washed rice, with water, salt, sugar, and shortening, is placed in the bread case. Next, gluten and dry yeast are placed in the automatic dispenser on top. Then, all you need to do is press the start button. A loaf of "rice bread" is ready in about four hours.
  
  "We'd like to encourage people to consume more rice, which is the staple diet in Japan, by enabling rice to be eaten as bread. The Government is also working to improve Japan's food self-sufficiency. Because it's now possible to provide both tasty rice and tasty bread, we'd like people to eat lots of rice bread, which can also be used as a side dish."
  
  The GOPAN can make not only rice bread, but also wheat bread, dough, and bread with natural yeast. In addition, it can make bread from unpolished rice, which is full of nutrients, and wholegrain bread. In total, the GOPAN can make 22 kinds of bread and dough.
  
  The GOPAN is expected to retail at 50,000 yen, and Sanyo plans to sell 10,000 units a month. In 2011, the GOPAN is also scheduled for release in China and other parts of Asia.
  

  
  
  DigInfo TV - Sanyo GOPAN - Rice Bread Maker
  
  TL:DR summary
  
  The video is old
  but it's finally released on October 8, 2010.
  Instead of having to buy rice flour, people can just put in grains of rice with other bread making ingredients.
  
  50,000 yen is equivalent to $ 611.32 USD
  
  Genius
  but it's REALLY expensive
  the cat might as well buy a ps3 AND a 3DS
• Mentosftw wrote on 2010-10-13 00:45
  .-. I could just buy rice bread and it would take a while before buying rice bread would outweigh the cost of the machine.
• Jess wrote on 2010-10-13 00:47
  Must....have....
• RicochetOrange wrote on 2010-10-13 00:51
  Now can you make some sort of coffee bread by putting coffee beans in there instead of rice?
  
  That is the real question.
• Osayidan wrote on 2010-10-13 00:55
  I rather make bread dough and put it into my rice cooker *learned from Yakitate Japan*
• Mentosftw wrote on 2010-10-13 00:58
  They need a new sentai series called "GO!! PAN!!".
  
  It'll be awesome. The team's giant mecha will be a giant loaf of bread shaped like a mecha.
• Phanterz wrote on 2010-10-13 01:01
  This is how you get the non asian people at my school to eat rice.
• SuperSoulful wrote on 2010-10-13 01:13

  Quote from Osayidan;182737:

  I rather make bread dough and put it into my rice cooker *learned from Yakitate Japan*

  
  
  I tried that, too. ="=
  It didn't come out very well. Lol.
  
  But that bread machine... I want.
• Chillax wrote on 2010-10-13 01:22
  I love the pun.
• Kayate wrote on 2010-10-13 01:23
  They have bread made by potatoes too.
• woohoohelloppl wrote on 2010-10-13 01:26
  Is that machine even worth what it costs?
• Zid wrote on 2010-10-13 03:24
  Self-sufficient? That's questionable considering how adulterated Japan's menu has become since it opened up to the Western world.
  
  I want instant wet rice paper though, not rice bread.
• Kayate wrote on 2010-10-13 03:30
  rice paper? Is it edible or for just writing on?
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-10-13 03:53
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• Yogurticecream wrote on 2010-10-13 03:58
  It would be worth it for business who can use the novelty of rice bread to sell...
  For now, this technology is probably too expensive for practicality.
  I don't see how people will eat bread every single day.