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Is Little Dish Chicken & Veg Risotto ultra-processed?

200g Risottos Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Little Dish Chicken & Veg Risotto

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Rice 24%, Onion 14%, Tomato Purée, Herbs, Cheddar Cheese Water, Tomato 13%, Chicken 12%, Yeast Extract, Butternut Squash 4%, Rapeseed Oil, Sweet Potato 4%, Double Cream, Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sunflower Oil, Italian Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Spices Cooked Rice contains (Water), Rice, Cornflour

As written on the pack

Cooked Rice (24%), Onion (14%), Tomato Purée, Herbs, Cheddar Cheese Water, Tomato (13%), (Milk) (1%), Cooked Chicken (12%)**, Yeast Extract, Butternut Squash (4%), Rapeseed Oil, Sweet Potato (4%), Double Cream (Milk). Cornflour, Garlic Purée, Sunflower Oil. Italian Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk) (3%), Spices Cooked Rice contains: Water, Rice, **Cooked Chicken contains: Chicken (94%), Cornflour.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 risottos

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 44% of the risottos 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 16 risottos, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060121673885, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.