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Is Riverford BBQ Rice Crackers ultra-processed?

100g Rice crackers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Riverford BBQ Rice Crackers

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed rice crackers

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

Rice 84%, Barbecue Seasoning 8% (Sugar, Dextrose, Salt, Whey, Hydrolysed Soya Protein, Paprika, Onion, Anti-Caking Agent (Calcium Phosphates), Flavour Enhancers (Disodium Guanylate), Disodium Inosinate, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Colour (Paprika Extract), Smoke Flavouring), Rice Bran Oil, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Salt, Antioxidant (Tocopherols), Flavouring, Yeast Extract, Colour (Paprika Extract)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

84% Rice, 8% Barbecue Seasoning (Sugar, Dextrose, Salt, Dried Whey (Milk), Hydrolysed Soya Protein, Ground Paprika, Ground Onion, Anti-Caking Agent: Calcium Phosphates; Flavour Enhancers: Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate; Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Colour: Paprika Extract; Smoke Flavouring), Rice Bran Oil, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Salt, Antioxidant: Tocopherols; Flavouring, Yeast Extract, Colour: Paprika Extract.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • 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 28 rice crackers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 75% of the rice crackers 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 28 rice crackers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489555193, last edited 15 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.