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Is Waitrose Coconut lime and coriander rice ultra-processed?

Precooked rices Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Coconut lime and coriander 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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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 86%, Coconut milk 6%, sunflower oil, onion, flavouring, tomato paste, garlic, coriander 0.4%, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), lime leaf 0.30000000000000004%, Coriander 0.1%, chilli

As written on the pack

Cooked long grain rice (86%), Coconut milk (6%), sunflower oil, onion, flavouring, tomato paste, garlic powder, coriander (0.4%), soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), lime leaf (0.3%), Coriander extract (0.1%), chilli powder

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 precooked rices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 58% of the precooked 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 31 precooked rices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169547656, last edited 16 June 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.