Is Sainsbury's Rice Pops ultra-processed?

375g Breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

15 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements

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, Sugar (processing marker), Barley Malt Extract, Salt (processing marker), Vitamins and Mineral Mix, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin, Pantothenic Acid, Riboflavin, vitamins, vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12

As written on the pack

Rice, Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Vitamins and Mineral Mix (Niacin, Iron, Thiamin, Pantothenic Acid, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12).

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 38 breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 71% of the breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements 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 38 breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00251303, last edited 19 August 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.