Is Specially Selected Korean Style BBQ Beef with brown rice ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 45 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed brown rices
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
brown rice 37%, Brown Rice, Water, Lime Juice, Coriander, Water, shredded gochujang style cooked beef 12% (Beef, Water, Soya Bean, Invert Sugar Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Red Chilli Purée, Mirin Rice Wine, Red Pepper, Onion, Rice Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Acid (Acetic Acid), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)), Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Salt (processing marker)), Carrot, Cabbage, Brown Sugar (processing marker), Spring Onions, Ginger, Cornflour, Rice Vinegar, Garlic Puree, Soya Beans, Wheat, Salt (processing marker), Sesame Oil (processing marker), Alcohol, Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Red Bell Pepper, Tomato Paste, Sugar (processing marker), Vinegar, Cayenne Chilli Powder, Black Pepper
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E260 Acetic acid
As written on the pack
COOKED BROWN RICE (37%) (Brown Rice, Water, Lime Juice, Coriander, Water, SHREDDED GOCHUJANG STYLE COOKED BEEF (12%) (Beef, Water, Fermented Soya Bean, Invert Sugar Syrup, Salt, Red Chilli Purée, Mirin Rice Wine, Red Pepper Powder, Onion Purée, Rice Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Acid: Acetic Acid, Colour: Paprika Extract; Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Salt), Carrot, Cabbage, Brown Sugar, Spring Onions, Ginger Purée, Cornflour, Rice Vinegar, Garlic Puree, Soya Beans, Wheat, Salt, Sesame Oil, Alcohol, Glucose Syrup, Red Bell Pepper Juice Concentrate, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Vinegar, Cayenne Chilli Powder, Black Pepper
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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.
Among 31 brown rices
From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 26% of the brown rices here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600544922, last edited 13 July 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.