Is Deluxe Asparagus risotto ultra-processed?

300 g e Risottos Sold in the United States and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Whey

19 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed risottos

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

carnaroli rice, salt (processing marker), soft wheat flour, potato starch (processing marker), potato flakes, cheese powder (processing marker) (cheese (milk, rennet, salt (processing marker)), whey powder (ultra-processing marker), sodium citrate), asparagus, asparagus, yeast extract, whey powder (ultra-processing marker), onion (onion, sulfur dioxide)

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

carnaroli rice, salt, soft wheat flour, potato starch, potato flakes, processed cheese powder (cheese [milk, rennet, salt], whey powder, sodium citrate), asparagus powder, asparagus pieces, yeast extract, whey powder, onion powder (onion, sulfur dioxide)

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 risottos

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 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 20127008, last edited 22 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.