Fuente: WIPO "rice" Disclosed is the process for popping wild rice to make a puffy snack food or breakfast cereal which has a nutty flavor. The process includes curing, roasting and parching the wild rice in roasting ovens, sorting the wild rice into differing lengths and widths so it will have uniformity prior to popping, heating the wild rice on a conveying means at a temperature between 500 - 800 DEG F, and immediately removing the popped product to avoid scorching the product and creating a bad taste.