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Is Seeds of Change Organic Spanish Style Rice with Quinoa, Peppers & Corn ultra-processed?

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Pack of Seeds of Change Organic Spanish Style Rice with Quinoa, Peppers & Corn

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, brown rice, corn, red bell peppers, sunflower oil, quinoa, sea salt, tomato, spices, soy lecithin, onion, garlic, red bell pepper flavor (red bell pepper, natural flavor, miso (soybeans, salt), flavor), paprika (color), cilantro flavor (flavor, cilantro, natural flavor)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

water, whole grain brown rice*, corn*, red bell peppers*, sunflower oil*, whole grain quinoa*, sea salt, tomato powder*, spices*, soy lecithin*, onion powder*, garlic powder*, red bell pepper flavor* [red bell pepper puree*, natural flavor, miso* (fermented soybeans*, salt), flavor*], paprika* (color), cilantro flavor* (flavor*, cilantro*, natural flavor),

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0748404471056, last edited 1 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.