Is Taste of Egg Fried Microwave 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:
- 23 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed rices
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
long grain rice 84% (water, long grain rice), free range egg 9% (free range egg, water, cornflour, salt (processing marker), concentrated lemon juice, white pepper), onion, sunflower oil (processing marker), dried onion, chives 1%, garlic purée, salt (processing marker), yeast extract, dried garlic, sugar (processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), ginger, flavouring (ultra-processing marker), black pepper
Additives: E412 Guar gum
As written on the pack
84% cooked long grain rice (water, long grain rice), 9% free range egg (free range egg, water, cornflour, salt, concentrated lemon juice, ground white pepper), onion, sunflower oil, dried onion, 1% chives, garlic purée, salt, yeast extract, dried garlic, sugar, stabiliser: guar gum, dried ginger, flavouring, ground 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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 293 rices
From least to most processed, this one ranks 242nd. 35% of the rices here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489173656, last edited 21 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.