What's the story behind Uncle Ben's Rice?
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The founder of Mars, Forrest E Mars, first branded the rice product as the Original Converted Brand Rice in 1942. The name was then changed to Uncle Ben's Original Converted Brand Rice in 1947. Uncle Ben was the name of a fictional character, first used in 1946, as a reference to an African-American Texan rice farmer.
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