A METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DESOLVESTIZING PREVIOUSLY SOLVENT EXTRACTED MILLED RICE AND, IN CERTAIN EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION, DESOLVENTIZING OF THE BRAN REMOVED FROM THE RICE. THE METHOD AND APPARATUS CONTEMPLATES USING A DESOLVENTIZING GASEOUS MEDIUM COMPRISING INERT GAS OR THE MAJOR COMPONENT THEREOF WHEREIN THE GASEOUS MEDIUM IS CONTACTED WITH THE RICE WHEN AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 100*F. TO ABOUT 150*F., WHEREBY THE SOLVENT IS VAPORIZED FROM THE RICE AT A RELATIVELY LOW TEMPERATURE, THEREBY PRESERVING THE QUALITY OF THE RICE. THE GASEOUS MEDIUM WITH THE VAPORIZED SOLVE ENTRAINED THEREIN IS SUBSEQUENTLY CONDENSED TO REMOVE THE SOLVENT THEREFROM AND THE MEDIUM IS SUBSEQUENTLY HEATED AND RECYCLED.