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Is Charlie Bigham's INGREDIENTS: Cooked rice (water, carnaroli rice), ultra-processed?

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Pack of Charlie Bigham's INGREDIENTS: Cooked rice (water, carnaroli rice),

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked rice (water, carnaroli rice), mushrooms 15%, chicken 13%, bacon (pork, salt, preservative (sodium nitrite), antioxidant (ascorbic acid)), double cream, milk, onions, sherry, white wine, butter, Regato cheese, rapeseed oil, chicken stock (yeast extract, salt, chicken bones, water, chicken fat, potatoes), cornflour, white wine vinegar, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, Parmigiano Reggiano, parsley, porcini mushroom, salt, thyme, tarragon, white pepper, lemon zest, bay leaves

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Cooked rice (water, carnaroli rice), mushrooms (15%), chicken (13%), bacon (pork, salt, preservative: sodium nitrite, antioxidant: ascorbic acid), double cream (milk), milk, onions, sherry, white wine, butter (milk), Regato cheese (milk), rapeseed oil, chicken stock (yeast extract, salt, chicken bones, water, chicken fat, dried potatoes), cornflour, white wine vinegar, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, Parmigiano Reggiano (milk), parsley, porcini mushroom powder, salt, thyme, tarragon, white pepper, lemon zest, bay leaves.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

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

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

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 16 risottos

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 44% of the risottos 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 16 risottos, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5033665209520, last edited 2 August 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.