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Is Laila Pilau Basmati Rice ultra-processed?

250g Basmati rices Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Laila Pilau Basmati 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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Cooked Basmati Rice 90% (Water, Basmati Rice), Onions 7%, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Cumin Seeds 0.4%, Salt, Turmeric Extract, Garam Masala Flavouring

Additives: E100 Curcumin

As written on the pack

Cooked Basmati Rice (90%) (Water, Basmati Rice), Onions (7%), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower and/or Rapeseed), Cumin Seeds (0.4%), Salt, Turmeric Extract, Garam Masala 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.
2 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.
  • 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 53rd. 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 5020580562939, last edited 5 July 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.