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Brown rices, from least to most processed

We track 31 brown rices, 26% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Brown Rice.

What makes brown rices ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of brown rices that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (15)

  1. 1 Brown Rice Tesco · 1kg 1
  2. 2 Wholegrain Brown Basmati Rice Tilda · 500g 1
  3. 3 Brown Rice Aldi · 1 kg 1
  4. 4 Brown Rice Sainsburys · 1Kg 1
  5. 5 Brown Rice Worldwide Foods · 1 kg 1
  6. 6 Easy Cook Brown Rice Tesco · 1kg 1
  7. 7 Basmati Brown Rice Sainsburys 1
  8. 8 Long Grain Brown Rice Lidl · 1 kg 1
  9. 9 Organic california brown basmati rice Lundberg 1
  10. 10 Whole grain basmati rice TIlda · 4 lb 1
  11. 11 Whole Brown Long Grain Rice Ocado · 1kg 1
  12. 12 Brown rice Great value · 5 lb 1
  13. 13 Brown Rice Success · 14 oz 1
  14. 14 Whole Grain Brown Minute Rice · 600 g 1
  15. 15 wild rice Lundberg · 16 oz 1

Processed food (8)

  1. 16 Rice Thins Wholegrain RealFoods · 150 g 3
  2. 17 Classic Wholegrain Rice Worldwide Foods · 250g 3
  3. 18 Wholegrain Rice Tesco · 250 g 3
  4. 19 Growers Harvest Microwave Wholegrain Rice Tesco 3
  5. 20 Wholegrain Micro Rice Asda · 250 g 3
  6. 21 Microwave Wholegrain Rice Taste of · 250 g 3
  7. 22 Wholegrain Basmati & Quinoa Rice Tilda · 250g 3
  8. 23 Kitchari Trader Joe's · 10 oz (284g) 3

Ultra-processed food (8)

  1. 24 Basmati & Wild Rice Tilda · 250 g 4
  2. 25 Rice Snacks Kelly Loves 4
  3. 26 Brown Rice Wholegrain Rice SunRice · 250g 4
  4. 27 Microwave Wholegrain Rice M&S Eat Well · 250g 4
  5. 28 Brown & Wild Rice Minute · 125 g 4
  6. 29 Brown Rice & Quinoa Minute 4
  7. 30 Wholegrain Rice, Quinoa, Pumpkin & Sunflower Seeds Worldwide Foods · 250g 4
  8. 31 Korean Style BBQ Beef with brown rice Specially Selected · 270g 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.