Is Ben's Original Lunch Bowl ultra-processed?

220g Fruits and vegetables based foods Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sauce

16 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed fruits and vegetables based foods

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

parboiled long grain rice 28%, jasmine rice 14%, steamed wheat berries 12%, bulgur wheat 12%, edamame beans 9.4%, red pepper 7.7%, coconut milk 5.9%, carrot 4.5%, wild rice 2.3%, salt (processing marker), lemongrass, chilli 0.4%, kaffir lime leaf, chilli 0.2%, ginger, soya sauce (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Steamed parboiled long grain rice (28%), steamed jasmine rice (14%), steamed wheat berries (12%), steamed bulgur wheat (12%), edamame beans (9.4%), red pepper (7.7%), coconut milk (5.9%), carrot (4.5%), steamed wild rice (2.3%), salt, lemongrass, chilli (0.4%), kaffir lime leaf, chilli flakes (0.2%), ginger, soya sauce.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

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

Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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 2,787 fruits and vegetables based foods

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1502nd. 30% of the fruits and vegetables based foods 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 2,787 fruits and vegetables based foods, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4002359019654, last edited 30 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.