Is Lidl Rice pudding ultra-processed?

400 g Rice puddings Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose
Whey

10 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Less processed rice puddings

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

Water, Skimmed Milk, Whole Milk, Rice 8%, Sugar (processing marker), Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Phosphates)

Additives: E339 Sodium phosphates

As written on the pack

Water, Skimmed Milk, Whole Milk, 8% Rice, Sugar, Whey Powder (Milk), Dextrose, Salt, Acidity Regulator: Sodium Phosphates.

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 rice puddings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 87% of the rice puddings 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 39 rice puddings, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489492290, last edited 27 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.