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Is Tesco 4 steam bags white & wild rice with mixed vegetables ultra-processed?

4 150g Rices Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco 4 steam bags white & wild rice with mixed vegetables

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed 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 White Rice 48% (Water, Rice), Peas, Broccoli, Mushroom, Sweetcorn, Red Pepper, Wild Rice 5% (Water, Wild Rice, Salt), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Oil, Rapeseed Oil), Salt, Rice Flour, Onion, Black Pepper, Celery Powder, Bay Leaf

As written on the pack

Cooked White Rice (48%) [Water, Rice], Peas, Broccoli, Mushroom, Sweetcorn, Red Pepper, Cooked Wild Rice (5%) [Water, Wild Rice, Salt], Vegetable Oil [Sunflower Oil, Rapeseed Oil], Salt, Rice Flour, Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Celery Powder, Bay Leaf.

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 293 rices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 175th. 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 5051277785140, 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.
  • 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.