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Is Knorr CHEDDAR BROCCOLI Rice & Pasta Blend with Broccoli in a Cheesy Cheddar Sauce ultra-processed?

NET WT. 5.7 OZ (161 g) Rice dishes Sold in the United States

Pack of Knorr CHEDDAR BROCCOLI Rice & Pasta Blend with Broccoli in a Cheesy Cheddar Sauce

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

parboiled long grain rice, vermicelli (wheat flour, durum flour), maltodextrin, yeast extract, whey, sugar, salt, onion, potassium salt, corn starch, skim milk powder, broccoli, natural flavor, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), citric acid, high oleic sunflower oil, annatto (for color), monosodium glutamate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, parsley, thiamine mononitrate, niacin, ferric orthophosphate (iron), riboflavin, folic acid

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

PARBOILED LONG GRAIN RICE, VERMICELLI (WHEAT FLOUR, DURUM FLOUR), MALTODEXTRIN, YEAST EXTRACT, WHEY, SUGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, POTASSIUM SALT, CORN STARCH, SKIM MILK POWDER, BROCCOLI, NATURAL FLAVOR, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CITRIC ACID, HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, ANNATTO EXTRACT (FOR COLOR), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, PARSLEY, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, NIACIN, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE (IRON), RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID.

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.

  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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.
7 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 192 rice dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 189th. 71% of the rice dishes 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 192 rice dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041000022784, last edited 7 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.