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Is Tesco Apple Rice Cakes ultra-processed?

40g Puffed rice cakes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Apple Rice Cakes

No, it's unprocessed or minimally processed

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

None of its ingredients counts as a sign of processing in NOVA.

  • 5 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

White Rice 88%, Concentrated Apple Juice 11%, Vitamin B1, Denotes non, V₁ Caution Check the Best Before date prior to opening

As written on the pack

Organic White Rice (88%), Organic Concentrated Apple Juice (11%), Vitamin B1*. *Denotes non-organic ingredient. No added sugar. Allergy advice May contain sesame seeds, milk and soya. V₁ Caution Check the Best Before date prior to opening. Suitable for vegetarians

Among 142 puffed rice cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 63% of the puffed rice cakes 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 142 puffed rice cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753684358, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.