Is Aldi Golden Veg Rice ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 22 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed precooked rices
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
long grain rice 82% (water, long grain rice), red peppers 5%, carrot 4%, sweetcorn 3%, peas 2%, vegetable oil (processing marker) (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil), yeast extract powder, onion powder, sugar (processing marker), turmeric extract (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), garlic powder, carrot powder, black pepper, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), turmeric powder
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E412 Guar gum
As written on the pack
cooked long grain rice (82%) (water, long grain rice), red peppers (5%), carrot (4%), sweetcorn (3%), peas (2%), vegetable oil (rapeseed oil and/or sunflower oil), yeast extract powder, onion powder, sugar, turmeric extract, stabiliser: guar gum, maltodextrin, salt, garlic powder, carrot powder, ground black pepper, flavouring, turmeric powder,
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 31 precooked rices
From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 58% of the precooked rices here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600043333, last edited 18 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.