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Is Amy's Mushroom Risotto ultra-processed?

Risottos Sold in the United States

Pack of Amy's Mushroom Risotto

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

arborio rice, mushrooms, filtered water, peas, grade aa butter (cream, salt), onions, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), sea salt, powdered wild-crafted porcini mushrooms, black pepper

As written on the pack

organic arborio rice, organic mushrooms, filtered water, organic peas, organic grade aa butter (organic cream, salt), organic onions, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, culture, salt, enzymes [without animal enzymes or rennet]), sea salt, powdered wild-crafted porcini mushrooms, black pepper,

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 risottos

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 44% of the risottos here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 16 risottos, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272008339, last edited 12 June 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.