Parboiled Rice is also called converted rice and easy-cook rice. Parboiled rice is that has been partially boiled in the husk. /parboiling Drives nutrients, especially thiamin from the bran to the endosperm, hence Parboiled white rice is mostly nutritionally similar to brown rice. Parboiled rice is beneficial to gut health in humans. Parboiled rice cook faster than brown rice and has a nice texture that is not starchy as white rice.