Exhibit 32.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
             (SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (b) OF SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF
                          TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE)


     Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a)
and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code), each of
the undersigned officers of NutraCea, a California corporation (the "Company"),
does hereby certify with respect to the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "10-QSB Report") that:

     (1)     the 10-QSB Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)     the information contained in the 10-QSB Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

Dated:  November 19, 2003          NUTRACEA


                                        /s/ Patricia McPeak
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                                   Patricia McPeak
                                   Chief Executive Officer


                                         /s/ Joanna Hoover
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                                   Joanna Hoover
                                   Chief Financial Officer