The Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute compared Yi-chuan rice from Wufeng Township and Taichung County to Koshihikari rice from Nigata, and found that they were equivalent in terms of their transparency and succulence.
農試所曾比較日本新潟越光米、台灣台中霧峰益全香米與一般國產米的品質，顯示益全香米與日本越光米在米粒透明度與煮成米飯時的Ｑ質上，不相上下。