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Is Pinch Pan Poppin Pasanda & Nutty Pilau Rice ultra-processed?

Microwave meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pinch Pan Poppin Pasanda & Nutty Pilau 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:

  • 73 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed microwave meals

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 basmati rice (water, basmati rice, cranberries (sugar, cranberries, sunflower oil), ginger, rapeseed oil, cumin seeds, salt, cardamom, colour (curcumin)), chicken 20% (chicken, tomato purée, ginger, garlic purée, cornflour, salt, soya oil, yogurt powder, green chilli, water, palm oil, chilli, yogurt, skimmed milk, coriander, cumin, colour (paprika extract), ginger powder, cinnamon, black pepper, mace, fenugreek, star anise, turmeric, basil), single cream, water, yogurt, tomato purée, onion, cornflour, ginger, muscovado sugar, garlic purée, rapeseed oil, pistachio nuts, flaked almonds, ground almonds, salt, coriander, cumin, cardamom, turmeric, cumin seeds, fennel, cinnamon, mace, star anise, clove, Chicken, Packed in the UK for Bakkavor, Langley Park, Sutton Bridge, Spalding, NUTRIT TYPICA Energy Fat of whic Carboh of whi Fibre Protei Salt *Ref, 840 Nutr Pack CO All a 800 Rem com re, Co for foo for CA Al re TH CO S K N

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Cooked basmati rice (water, basmati rice, sweetened dried cranberries (sugar, cranberries, sunflower oil), ginger purée, rapeseed oil, cumin seeds, salt, cardamom powder, colour (curcumin)), cooked marinated chicken (20%) (chicken, tomato purée, ginger purée, garlic purée, cornflour, salt, soya oil, yogurt powder (milk), green chilli purée, water, palm oil, chilli powder, yogurt (milk), skimmed milk, coriander powder, cumin powder, colour (paprika extract), ginger powder, cinnamon, black pepper, mace, fenugreek, star anise, turmeric, basil), single cream (milk), water, yogurt (milk), tomato purée, onion, cornflour, ginger purée, muscovado sugar, garlic purée, rapeseed oil, pistachio nuts, flaked almonds, ground almonds, salt, coriander powder, cumin powder, cardamom powder, turmeric, cumin seeds, fennel, cinnamon, mace, star anise, clove. Chicken from Thailand. ALLERGY ADVICE For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May contain peanuts, other nuts. Packed in the UK for Bakkavor, Langley Park, Sutton Bridge, Spalding, NUTRIT TYPICA Energy Fat of whic Carboh of whi Fibre Protei Salt *Ref (840 Nutr Pack CO All a 800 Rem com re - Co for foo for CA Al re TH CO S K N

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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 351 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 232nd. 72% of the microwave meals 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 351 microwave meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051873005819, 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.