Is M&S Food Mexican Style Rice and Avocado ultra-processed?

200g Rice dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Food Mexican Style Rice and Avocado

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, meals, as at least group 3.

  • 12 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Cooked Rice 15% (Water Rice), Red Rice 15% (Water Red Rice), Sweetcorn 14%, Peppers 14%, Black Beans Avocado 10%, Tomatoes Chilli Infused Sunflower Oil Lime Juice Coriander Sugar Ground Spices (Cumin, Smoked Paprika, Black Pepper), Rapeseed Oil Tomato Paste Salt Cocoa Powder Garlic Purée

As written on the pack

Cooked Rice (15%) (Water Rice) Cooked Red Rice (15%) (Water Red Rice) Sweetcorn (14%) Peppers (14%) Black Beans Avocado (10%) Tomatoes Chilli Infused Sunflower Oil Lime Juice Coriander Sugar Ground Spices (Cumin, Smoked Paprika, Black Pepper) Rapeseed Oil Tomato Paste Salt Cocoa Powder Garlic Purée

What makes it processed

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 192 rice dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 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 00031615, last edited 13 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.