Is Ben's Original Mixed Pepper ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 14 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
long grain rice 83%, red pepper 6.4%, green pepper 3.3%, yellow pepper 2.7%, sunflower oil (processing marker), onion, carrot, salt (processing marker), garlic, spices, sugar (processing marker), acid (citric acid), herb
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
long grain rice (83%), red pepper (6.4%), green pepper (3.3%), yellow pepper (2.7%), sunflower oil, onion powder, carrot, salt, garlic powder, spices, sugar, acid (citric acid), herb.
What makes it processed
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
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.
Among 192 rice dishes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 47th. 71% of the rice dishes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010034014176, last edited 1 May 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.