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Is Golden Sun Pilau Microwave Rice ultra-processed?

250 g Basmati rices Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Golden Sun Pilau Microwave Rice

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed basmati 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

Long Grain Rice 95% (Water, Long Grain Rice), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Oil, Rapeseed Oil), Dried Onion, Salt, Turmeric Extract, Yeast Extract, Cumin Seeds, Fennel Seeds, Savoury Seasoning (Water, Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Dried Onion, White Wine Vinegar, Flavouring, Sugar, Dried Garlic, Coarse Ground Black Pepper), Cinnamon, Flavouring

Additives: E100 Curcumin

As written on the pack

95% Cooked Long Grain Rice (Water, Long Grain Rice), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Oil or Rapeseed Oil), Dried Onion, Salt, Turmeric Extract, Yeast Extract, Cumin Seeds, Fennel Seeds, Savoury Seasoning (Water, Dried Yeast Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Dried Onion, White Wine Vinegar, Flavouring, Sugar, Dried Garlic, Coarse Ground Black Pepper), Ground Cinnamon, Flavouring.

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 basmati rices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 62nd. 28% of the basmati 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 64 basmati rices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489222491, last edited 1 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.