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Is Ben's Original Ready Rice Long Grain & Wild with Herbs and Seasonings ultra-processed?

8.8 oz Vegetables from Spain Sold in the United States

Pack of Ben's Original Ready Rice Long Grain & Wild with Herbs and Seasonings

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

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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, Parboiled Long Grain Rice, Wild Rice, Less Than 2% Of (Canola Oil), Yeast Extract, Salt, Onion, Sugar, Torula Yeast, Garlic, Natural Flavors, Spices, Parsley, Spinach, Sunflower Oil, Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Mushroom, Vitamins, Minerals (Calcium (Calcium Carbonate), Iron (Iron Phosphate), Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide), Vitamin B1 (Thiamine Mononitrate), Folic Acid), Celery, Dried, Adds A Trivial Amount Of Saturated Fat

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Parboiled Long Grain Rice, Wild Rice, Less Than 2% Of: Canola Oil, Yeast Extract, Salt, Onion*, Sugar, Torula Yeast, Garlic*, Natural Flavors, Spices, Parsley*, Spinach*, Sunflower Oil, Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Mushroom*, Vitamins And Minerals [Calcium (Calcium Carbonate), Iron (Iron Phosphate), Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide), Vitamin B1 (Thiamine Mononitrate), Folic Acid], Celery*, *Dried, Adds A Trivial Amount Of Saturated Fat

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.

  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 37 vegetables from Spain

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 49% of the vegetables from Spain 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 37 vegetables from Spain, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0054800423316, last edited 1 September 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.