RICEBRAN TECHNOLOGIES

2928 Ramco Street, Suite 120

West Sacramento, CA 95691

May 2, 2017

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporate Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C.  20549

Attention: Jason Langford

Re: RiceBran Technologies

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-217131)

Request for Acceleration

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, RiceBran Technologies (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-217131)be accelerated so that the same will become effective at 5:00 p.m., E.S.T., on Thursday, May 4, 2017, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

The Company hereby acknowledges the following:

(i)          should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

(ii)         the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

(iii)        the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

If you have any questions regarding this request or the Registration Statement, please call our counsel Katherine Jordan, of Weintraub Tobin, at (916) 558-6036.

Very truly yours,
RICEBRAN TECHNOLOGIES
By:	/s/ Brent R. Rystrom
	Brent R. Rystrom, Chief Financial Officer