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Is Patak's Vegetable Biryani ultra-processed?

270g Rice dishes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Patak's Vegetable Biryani

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 C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Basmati Rice 28%, Potato 19%, Onion, Cauliflower 8.5%, Carrot 8%, Green Peas 6%, French Sunfover Dil, Mixed Spices 1% (Spices, Cumin, Cardamom, Coriander, Turmeric), Tomato Paste, and Ginger Paste, Chilli Paste, Salt, Mint Leaves, rated and use within 1 day, Do not consume if pouch is leaking and bloated Once opene

As written on the pack

Basmati Rice (28%), Potato (19%), Onion, Cauliflower (8.5%), Carrot (8%), Green Peas (6%), French Sunfover Dil, Mixed Spices (1%) (Spices, Cumin, Cardamom, Coriander, Turmeric), Tomato Paste, & Ginger Paste, Chilli Paste, Salt, Mint Leaves. ALLERGY ADVICE: May contain Peanuts, Nuts, Soy, Mustard, Milk. rated and use within 1 day. Do not consume if pouch is leaking or bloated Once opene

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

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 20th. 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 5011308701648, last edited 3 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.