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Precooked rices, from least to most processed

We track 31 precooked rices, 58% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Long Grain Instant Rice.

What makes precooked rices ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Long Grain Instant Rice President's Choice · 1.4 kg 1
  2. 2 Whole Grain Brown Minute Rice · 600 g 1

Processed food (11)

  1. 3 Long Grain Rice Tilda · 250 g 3
  2. 4 Wholegrain Rice Tesco · 250 g 3
  3. 5 Basmati Rice Tesco · 250g 3
  4. 6 Classic Long Grain Rice Aldi Worldwide Foods · 250 g 3
  5. 7 Microwave Rice Basmati Morrisons · 250 g 3
  6. 8 Heat & Eat Steamed Basmati Rice Kitchen 88 · 150 g 3
  7. 9 Basmati Rice Coop · 250 g 3
  8. 10 Microwave Wholegrain Rice Taste of · 250 g 3
  9. 11 Special Coconut Rice Worldwide Foods 3
  10. 12 Tilda kids sunshine vegetable rice Tilda · 125 g 3
  11. 13 Long Grain Rice Veetee · 280 g 3

Ultra-processed food (18)

  1. 14 Coconut lime and coriander rice Waitrose 4
  2. 15 Special Lime & Coriander Rice Worldwide Foods · 250g 4
  3. 16 Golden Vegetable Ben's Original · 220 g 4
  4. 17 Golden Vegetable Rice Tesco · 250 g 4
  5. 18 Brown Rice Wholegrain Rice SunRice · 250g 4
  6. 19 ASIA INSPIRED RICE JAPANESE STYLE KATSU CURRY delicious chicken flavour curry rice Bramwells Express 4
  7. 20 Pilau Microwave Rice Golden Sun · 250 g 4
  8. 21 Special Savoury Chicken Flavour Rice Worldwide Foods · 250g 4
  9. 22 Wholegrain Mexican Style Rice Waitrose & Partners · 250g 4
  10. 23 Golden Veg Micro Rice Asda · 250 g 4
  11. 24 Special Mexican Style Rice Worldwide Foods · 250 grams 4
  12. 25 spicy Mexican style microwave rice Lidl · 250g 4
  13. 26 Golden Veg Rice Aldi · 125 g 4
  14. 27 Golden Vegetable Rice Sainsbury's 4
  15. 28 Golden vegetable microwave rice Taste of · 250g 4
  16. 29 Wholegrain Spicy Rice Tesco · 250 g 4
  17. 30 Microwave Rice Golden Vegetable Morrisons · 250 g 4
  18. 31 Satay flavour rice Worldwide foods · 250g 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.