Is Vegetable Pilau Rice ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 11 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
parboiled long grain rice, carrot 5.5%, red pepper 5.5%, sunflower oil (processing marker), onion powder, salt (processing marker), spice, yeast extract, cumin seeds, garlic powder, citric acid
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
steamed parboiled long grain rice, carrot (5.5%), red pepper (5.5%), sunflower oil, onion powder, salt, spice, yeast extract, cumin seeds, garlic powder, acid (citric acid)
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.
Among 65 plant-based meals
From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 49% of the plant-based meals here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010034011403, 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.
- 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.