Is Sainsbury's Rice pudding ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 9 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed rice puddings
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
cows' milk, cows' milk, water, rice 9%, sugar (processing marker), whey powder (ultra-processing marker) (cows' milk), acidity regulator (sodium carbonate)
Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate
As written on the pack
skimmed cows' milk, whole cows' milk, water, rice (9%), sugar, whey powder (cows' milk), acidity regulator: sodium carbonate.
What makes it ultra-processed
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.
- 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.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 39 rice puddings
From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 87% of the rice puddings here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00544214, last edited 21 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.