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Is NiXe Tuna salad with rice ultra-processed?

220g Tunas Sold in the United Kingdom and Bulgaria

Pack of NiXe Tuna salad with 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed tunas

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 rice 35%, tuna 25%, sunflower oil, red pepper 4.6%, carrot 4.6%, sweetcorn, peas, onion, gherkin (gherkin, spirit vinegar, salt), black olives 2.7%, water, capers 2.2% (capers, spirit vinegar, salt), salt, sugar, guar gum

Additives: E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

cooked rice 35%, tuna 25%, sunflower oil, red pepper 4,6%, carrot 4,6%, sweetcorn, peas, onion, gherkin (gherkin, spirit vinegar, salt), black olives 2,7%, water, capers 2,2% (capers, spirit vinegar, salt), salt, sugar, guar gum, natural flavouring allergy advice: contains fish

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 166 tunas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 142nd. 23% of the tunas 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 166 tunas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20398514, last edited 26 September 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.