What is Panda by Yum Asia?

Panda is our multi-award-winning and hugely popular mini rice cooker, combining distinctive style with advanced technology and all the essential functions you need to cook exceptional rice. With its compact footprint, Panda is designed to fit comfortably into almost any kitchen, making it an ideal choice where worktop or cupboard space is at a premium.

But don't let Panda's compact size fool you. This is a mini rice cooker with serious capability. Perfect for singles, couples and smaller households, Panda can comfortably cook rice for 1–3 people while delivering the same attention to technology, performance and durability that you would expect from a full-sized Yum Asia rice cooker.

Small Rice Cooker. Serious Technology.

We didn't simply shrink down a rice cooker and remove a few functions. Panda was designed from the ground up to pack premium Yum Asia technology into a compact and stylish form.

It features our Advanced Fuzzy Logic processing, which continuously monitors and adjusts the cooking process to help achieve consistently excellent results. Its multi-phase cooking technology allows Panda to carefully control the different stages of cooking rather than simply switching a heating element on and off.

Panda includes:

• Advanced Fuzzy Logic technology for intelligent cooking control

• Multi-phase cooking for precise rice preparation

• 4 dedicated rice cooking functions

• 4 additional cooking functions

• 10-minute final countdown on rice cooking programmes

• 3D heating technology for more even cooking

• LED digital display

• 24-hour preset timer

• 24-hour keep-warm function

• Yum Asia-calibrated cooking programmes for consistently excellent results

In other words, Panda is technology for today – not technology from the past.

A Mini Rice Cooker That Punches Above Its Weight

Panda is particularly well suited to people who don't need a large rice cooker but still want the features and performance of a premium appliance.

Whether you're cooking rice for yourself, preparing dinner for two, or making enough for a small family, Panda is designed to make the process simple and repeatable. It can cook short-grain/sushi rice, white rice and brown rice, while its additional functions allow you to do much more than simply cook rice.

Panda can also be used for:

• Porridge

• Slow cooking

• Cake baking

Yes, that's right – Panda is also a slow cooker and cake cooker!

This versatility makes Panda far more than a dedicated rice cooker. It's a compact multi-function cooking appliance that can earn its place on even the smallest kitchen worktop.

The original Arctic White and Cobalt Grey version has a particularly distinctive design. The grey sections were intentionally styled to represent the arms of a Panda hugging itself, giving the cooker its instantly recognisable appearance.

The result is a rice cooker that doesn't look like a traditional kitchen appliance. Panda is deliberately cute, contemporary and characterful, and its unique styling means it looks equally at home on a modern kitchen worktop or tucked away in a smaller kitchen.

It is no surprise that Panda has become one of the most frequently commented-on rice cookers for its "kawaii" appearance – the Japanese word for cute.

Of course, looking good isn't enough. Panda has the performance to match the personality.

Our Signature Ninja Ceramic Bowl

Panda comes supplied with our signature Ninja ceramic-coated inner bowl, featuring a durable 2mm ceramic coating designed for excellent non-stick performance and healthy everyday cooking.

The Ninja Bowl has been developed to provide a smooth cooking surface that helps prevent rice from sticking while also being durable enough for regular use. The ceramic coating has become a defining feature of Yum Asia rice cookers and is designed to stand up to the demands of frequent rice cooking.

The inner bowl also features clearly stamped rice and water measurement lines, taking the guesswork out of preparing rice. Simply add the required amount of rice and fill the water to the corresponding level for the type and quantity of rice being cooked.

No trying to judge water levels. No repeatedly measuring water into cups. Just add the rice, fill to the appropriate line and let Panda do the work.

Designed for Easy Cleaning and Hygiene

We know that a great rice cooker also needs to be easy to live with.

Panda's steam cap, inner lid and condensation collector are removable, allowing the parts that come into contact with steam and moisture to be properly cleaned after use.

This makes routine cleaning straightforward and helps maintain good kitchen hygiene over the lifetime of the appliance.

Our rice cookers are also designed without BPA, PTFE or PFOA, giving you confidence in the materials used throughout the cooking system.

Cute Outside. Clever Inside.

There is a reason Panda has become such a popular Yum Asia rice cooker.

Behind that cute exterior is a sophisticated cooking system designed to take the uncertainty out of cooking rice. Advanced Fuzzy Logic, multi-phase cooking, 3D heating and carefully calibrated Yum Asia cooking programmes work together to provide consistently great rice, time after time.

And because Panda can handle everything from sushi and white rice to brown rice, porridge, slow cooking and cake baking, it can become a genuinely useful part of your everyday cooking routine.

Panda may be mini, but its capabilities are anything but.

It's stylish. It's compact. It's versatile. It's packed with technology. And, most importantly, it cooks seriously good rice.

That's why Panda continues to punch well above its weight.

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