Is Batchelors Super 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:
- Flavour enhancer
- Flavouring
- Glucose
- Glucose syrup
- E621 Monosodium glutamate
- E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
- 23 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
ingredients ingredients as sold (greatest first), long grain rice 83%, dried vegetables 9% (red pepper, peas, carrot, onis sweetcorn, green beans), yeast extract, flavour enhancers (ultra-processing marker) (monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), disodium 5-ribonucleotides (ultra-processing marker)), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (sunflower vegetable oils, palm vegetable oils), potassium chloride, dried glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), lemon juice, turmeric, milk fat
Additives: E508 Potassium chloride , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide
As written on the pack
ingredients ingredients as sold (greatest first) long grain rice (83%), dried vegetables (9%) (red pepper, peas, carrot, onis sweetcorn, green beans), yeast extract, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate, disodium 5-ribonucleotides), flavourings, salt, vegetable oils (sunflower, palm), potassium chloride, dried glucose syrup, lemon juice powder, ground turmeric, milk fat. allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold. may also contain celery, mustard, soya and wheat
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.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
- Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
2 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354908378, last edited 27 March 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.