Is Specially Selected Onion & Sweet Potato Bhaji ultra-processed?

270g White rices 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

70 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed white rices

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

cooked turmeric rice (long grain rice, water, turmeric), mixed vegetables 15% (red peppers, yellow peppers, red onions, rapeseed oil), onion 15%, sweet potato bhaji 15% (onions, sweet potato, chickpeas, yellow split peas, ginger, rapeseed oil, chilli, salt (processing marker), nigella, fennel seeds, black pepper, turmeric, cayenne pepper, coriander seeds, cumin, fennel, cassia, nutmeg, star anise, cardamom, cloves, mace, rose petals), black rice (black rice, water), spinach 7%, chickpeas, chopped tomatoes, shallots, sugar (processing marker), mango, water, spirit vinegar, red chilli purée, garlic purée, ginger, rapeseed oil, cornflour, concentrated lemon juice, salt (processing marker), coriander, cumin seeds, coriander, chilli, cumin, mustard seeds, cardamom, turmeric, cumin, ground cloves, fenugreek, fennel seeds, cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, garlic, oregano, cloves

As written on the pack

cooked turmeric rice (long grain rice, water, ground turmeric), chargrilled mixed vegetables (15%) (red peppers, yellow peppers, red onions, rapeseed oil), onion and sweet potato bhaji (15%) (onions, sweet potato, chickpeas, yellow split peas, ginger, rapeseed oil, chilli, salt, nigella seeds, fennel seeds, black pepper, turmeric, cayenne pepper, ground coriander seeds, cumin, ground fennel, cassia, nutmeg, star anise, cardamom, cloves, mace, rose petals), cooked black rice (black rice, water), spinach (7%), chickpeas, chopped tomatoes, shallots, sugar, mango, water, spirit vinegar, red chilli purée, garlic purée, ginger purée, rapeseed oil, cornflour, concentrated lemon juice, salt, coriander, cumin seeds, ground coriander, chilli powder, ground cumin, mustard seeds, ground cardamom, ground turmeric, cumin, ground cloves, ground fenugreek, fennel seeds, cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, garlic, oregano, cloves

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 21 white rices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 5% of the white rices 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 21 white rices, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600293417, last edited 12 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.