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Is Great Value Rice Squares ultra-processed?

12 oz Cereal grains Sold in the United States

Pack of Great Value Rice Squares

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed cereal grains

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

rice, sugar, salt, molasses, mixed tocopherols (added to preserve freshness), calcium carbonate, reduced iron, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), niacinamide, zinc oxide, pyridoxine, hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), vitamin a palmiate, folic acid, vitamins, vitamin d, vitamin b12

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

rice, sugar, salt, molasses, mixed tocopherols (added to preserve freshness), calcium carbonate, reduced iron, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), niacinamide, zinc oxide, pyridoxine, hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), vitamin a palmiate, folic acid, vitamin d, vitamin b12

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 563 cereal grains

From least to most processed, this one ranks 421st. 25% of the cereal grains 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 563 cereal grains, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078742183954, last edited 1 June 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.