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Is Belbake Rice Pudding ultra-processed?

Rice puddings Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Belbake Rice Pudding

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed rice puddings

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

reduced fat rice pudding, less fat than standard belbake rice pudding 30%, ingredients skimmed milk, whole milk, water, rice 9%, sugar, whey powder, acidity regulator (sodium carbonates)

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

reduced fat rice pudding, ** 30% less fat than standard belbake rice pudding, ingredients skimmed milk, whole milk, water, 9% rice, sugar, whey powder (milk), acidity regulator: sodium carbonates,

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 rice puddings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 87% of the rice puddings 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 39 rice puddings, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20397425, last edited 3 April 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.