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Is Bulgogi Beef Rice Bowl with Korean red pepper sauce and pickled mooli ultra-processed?

365g Ready to eat combination meals Sold in the United States

Pack of Bulgogi Beef Rice Bowl with Korean red pepper sauce and pickled mooli

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Bavette steak, Water, Mooli 16%, Jasmine Rice 9%, Spring Onion, Tamari, White Miso, Sesame Oil, Rice Vinegar 1%, Honey, Garlic, Maple Syrup, Korean Red Pepper Flakes, Unrefined Cane Sugar, Lime Juice, Orange Juice (Freshly Squeezed), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Ginger, Ginger, Garlic, Sesame Seed, Fish Sauce, Black Sesame, Tomato Paste, Himalayan Rock Salt, Coriander, Chilli, Cumin

As written on the pack

Bavette steak, Water, Mooli (16%), Jasmine Rice (9%), Spring Onion, Tamari (SOYA), White Miso* ( SOYA), Sesame Oil (SESAME SEEDS). Rice Vinegar* (1%), Honey, Garlic, Maple Syrup, Korean Red Pepper Flakes. Unrefined Cane Sugar, Lime Juice, Orange Juice (Freshly Squeezed)*, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Ginger, Ginger, Garlic, Sesame Seed* (SESAME SEEDS), Fish Sauce (FISH), Black Sesame Seed* (SESAME SEEDS), Tomato Paste, Himalayan Rock Salt, Coriander, Chilli Flakes, Cumin.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 ready to eat combination meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 50% of the ready to eat combination meals 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 8 ready to eat combination meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0723746532344, last edited 18 January 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.