Is Vigo Saffron Yellow Rice ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 37 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed rices
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
rice (niacin, iron (ferric orthophosphate), thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), vegetables (onion, red, green bell peppers, tomato), salt (processing marker), contains 2% and less of (garlic), corn meal, sugar (processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker) (from corn), hydrolyzed corn protein, monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), chicken, spices, saffron, sodium aluminosilicate (anti-caking agent (processing marker)), artificial color (ultra-processing marker) (including f, d, c, yellow no, 5, f, d, c, red no, 3), celery
Additives: E554 Sodium aluminium silicate , E621 Monosodium glutamate
As written on the pack
enriched rice (niacin, iron (ferric orthophosphate), thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), dehydrated vegetables (onion, red , green bell peppers, tomato), salt, contains 2% or less of: garlic, corn meal, sugar, maltodextrin (from corn), hydrolyzed corn protein, monosodium glutamate, dehydrated chicken, spices, saffron, sodium aluminosilicate (anti-caking agent), artificial color (including f,d,,c, yellow no, 5, f,d,,c, red no,3), celery extract,
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.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
4 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.
- Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 293 rices
From least to most processed, this one ranks 270th. 35% of the rices here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0071072013038, last edited 17 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.