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Is Taste Of (Lidl) Peri Peri Rice ultra-processed?

Rices Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 56 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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

MICROWAVE PERI PE Cooked basmati rice with mixed peppers, onion, chitt Ingredients 79% Cooked Basmati Rice, Water, Basmati Rice Red Pepper, Green Pepper 4%, Onion 4%, Sunflower Oil, Tomato Paste, White Wine Vinegar, Red Chilli, Peri Peri Paste, Water, Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Spices, Paprika, Chilli, Cayenne Pepper Dried Red Bell Pepper, Garlic Purée, Ginger, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Salt, Tomato Purée, Onion, Lemon Juice, Herbs (Oregano, Parsley, Flavouring), Sugar, Garlic Purée, Smoked Paprika, Turmeric Extract, Salt, Onion, Garlic, Dried Oregano, Vegetable Boullon, Salt, Yeast act, Dextrose, Potato Starch, Onion Extract, Carrot Powder, Dried Paley, Colour (Curcumin), Herb Extracts, Marjoram, Thyme, Sage Pepper Extract Flavouring, Stabiliser (Guar Gum), Turmeric Powder, Chill Powder

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

MICROWAVE PERI PE Cooked basmati rice with mixed peppers, onion and chitt Ingredients 79% Cooked Basmati Rice (Water, Basmati Rice Red Pepper, 4% Green Pepper, 4% Onion, Sunflower Oil, Tomato Paste, White Wine Vinegar, Red Chilli, Peri Peri Paste (Water, Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Spices (Paprika, Chilli, Cayenne Pepper Dried Red Bell Pepper, Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Salt, Tomato Purée, Onion Powder, Lemon Juice Powder, Herbs (Oregano, Parsley, Flavouring), Sugar, Garlic Purée, Smoked Paprika Powder, Turmeric Extract, Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Dried Oregano, Vegetable Boullon (Salt, Yeast act, Dextrose, Potato Starch, Onion Extract, Carrot Powder, Dried Paley, Colour Curcumin, Herb Extracts (Marjoram, Thyme, Sage Pepper Extract Flavouring, Stabiliser Guar Gum, Turmeric Powder, Chill Powder

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 293 rices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 290th. 35% of the 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 293 rices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489649625, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.