Is Birds Eye Steamfresh golden vegetable rice ultra-processed?

Rices 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
Vegetable oil

11 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed rices

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

Cooked Yellow Long Grain Rice 50% (Water, Long Grain Rice, Salt (processing marker), Turmeric), Vegetables (Peas, Carrot, Sweetcorn), Vegetable Stock, Sunflower Oil (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Cooked Yellow Long Grain Rice (50%) (Water, Long Grain Rice, Salt, Turmeric), Vegetables (48% in varying proportions) (Peas, Carrot, Sweetcorn), Vegetable Stock, Sunflower Oil.

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 293 rices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 163rd. 35% of the rices 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 293 rices, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000116107933, last edited 14 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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.