Broken rice is fragments of rice grains, broken in the field, during drying / transportation, or by milling. Mechanical separators are used to separate the broken grains from the whole grains and sort them by size. They are voluminously used as a raw material in distilleries to produce liquor.

Broken Rice is a grade of rice consisting of grains broken in the field/transportation and in the milling process. On milling the milling process. Due to its economic viability and low cost, it is majorly used in distilleries for liquor preparation.