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Is Tesco Microwave Pilau Rice ultra-processed?

250 g Long grain rices Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Tesco Microwave Pilau Rice

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed long grain 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

Long Grain Rice 89%, Water, Long Grain Rice Onion 7%, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Turmeric Extract, Cumin Seed, Flavouring, Black Pepper, Cinnamon

Additives: E100 Curcumin

As written on the pack

Cooked Long Grain Rice (89%) [Water, Long Grain Rice Onion (7%), Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Turmeric Extract, Cumin Seed, Flavouring, Black Pepper, Cinnamon.

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 130 long grain rices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 123rd. 19% of the long grain 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 130 long grain rices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697695421, 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.