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Is Unilever Rice & Pasta Blend In A Creamy Chicken Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor ultra-processed?

66 g Rice dishes Sold in the United States

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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed rice dishes

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

parboiled long grain rice (rice, niacin, ferric orthophosphate (iron), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid), vermicelli (wheat, durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin, folic acid), whey, corn starch, vegetables (carrots, onions), hydrolyzed soy protein, salt, chicken fat (with rosemary extract to protect quality), cream cheese (milk, cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum), spices, potassium chloride, yeast extract, chicken broth, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, natural flavor (milk), sugar, nonfat milk, turmeric (color)

Additives: E410 Locust bean gum , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

ENRICHED PARBOILED LONG GRAIN RICE [RICE, NIACIN, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), FOLIC ACID], ENRICHED VERMICELLI [WHEAT AND DURUM FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID], WHEY (MILK), CORN STARCH, VEGETABLES* (CARROTS, ONIONS), HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, SALT, CHICKEN FAT (WITH ROSEMARY EXTRACT TO PROTECT QUALITY), CREAM CHEESE* (PASTEURIZED MILK, CREAM, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), SPICES, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, YEAST EXTRACT, CHICKEN BROTH*, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, NATURAL FLAVOR (MILK), SUGAR, NONFAT MILK*, EXTRACT OF TURMERIC (COLOR)

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.

  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • 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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 192 rice dishes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 182nd. 71% of the rice dishes 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 192 rice dishes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041000022623, last edited 6 September 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.