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Is Bibigo Chicken rice bowl with teriyaki sauce ultra-processed?

364g Frozen plant-based foods mixes Sold in the United States

Pack of Bibigo Chicken rice bowl with teriyaki sauce

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

long grain rice (water, rice), grilled chicken white meat (chicken white meat, water, less than 2% of carrageenan, sodium phosphate, salt, spices, soybean oil, rosemary extract), teriyaki sauce (water, sugar, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol, vinegar), soybean oil, ginger, modified corn starch, garlic puree, rice vinegar, salt, xanthan gum, black pepper), broccoli, carrots, edamame (soybeans), red bell pepper

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary , E407 Carrageenan , E415 Xanthan gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E407 Carrageenan.

As written on the pack

Cooked long grain rice (water, rice), grilled chicken white meat (chicken white meat, water, less than 2% of carrageenan, sodium phosphate, salt, spices, soybean oil, rosemary extract), teriyaki sauce (water, sugar, soy sauce [water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol, vinegar], soybean oil, ginger puree, modified corn starch, garlic puree, rice vinegar, salt, xanthan gum, black pepper), broccoli, carrots, edamame (soybeans), red bell pepper.

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.

  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
5 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 49 frozen plant-based foods mixes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 39% of the frozen plant-based foods mixes 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 49 frozen plant-based foods mixes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0807176712818, last edited 26 May 2025), 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.