Is Ben's Original Ready Rice Coconut Jasmine ultra-processed?

8.5 oz Jasmine rice Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E322 Lecithins

11 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed jasmine rice

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

water, jasmine rice, coconut cream, sugar (processing marker), less than 2% of (canola oil), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), contains bioengineered food ingredients, contains (coconut), SOY

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

WATER, JASMINE RICE, COCONUT CREAM, SUGAR; LESS THAN 2% OF: CANOLA OIL, SOY LECITHIN. CONTAINS BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENTS. CONTAINS: COCONUT, SOY.

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.

E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.

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 26 jasmine rice

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 12% of the jasmine rice 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 26 jasmine rice, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0054800423507, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.