Is Waitrose Paella ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 60 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, bomba rice, tomato, prawns 13% (prawns, rapeseed oil, cornflour, parsley, flaked paprika, smoked paprika), chicken breast 10%, onion, red pepper, peas, chorizo 4% (pork, smoked paprika, salt (processing marker), garlic, preservatives (processing marker) (sodium nitrite (processing marker), potassium nitrate (processing marker)), rosemary extract), white wine, garlic purée, olive oil (processing marker), rapeseed oil, parsley, cod fish extract, chicken, cornflour, smoked paprika, salt (processing marker), tomato paste, sugar (processing marker), mussel, thyme, carrot concentrate, onion, crab extract, lobster, turmeric, paprika, lemon juice, black pepper, dried garlic, sage, chilli, cumin, ground ginger, pimento, cracked mustard seeds, coriander, white pepper, parsley, dried oregano, saffron, thyme, fennel, marjoram
Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E252 Potassium nitrate , E392 Extracts of rosemary
As written on the pack
water, bomba rice, tomato, cooked marinated prawns (13%) (prawns (crustaceans). rapeseed oil, cornflour, chopped parsley, flaked paprika, smoked paprika), diced chicken breast (10%), onion, red pepper, peas, chorizo (4%) (pork, smoked paprika, salt, garlic, preservatives (sodium nitrite, potassium nitrate), rosemary extract), white wine, garlic purée, olive oil, rapeseed oil, chopped parsley, cod fish extract (fish), chicken extract, cornflour, smoked paprika, salt, tomato paste, sugar, mussel extract (molluscs), chopped thyme, carrot concentrate, onion concentrate, crab extract (crustacean), lobster extract (crustacean), turmeric, paprika, lemon juice, black pepper, dried garlic, chopped sage, chilli powder, cumin, ground ginger, pimento, cracked mustard seeds, ground coriander, white pepper, dried parsley, dried oregano, saffron, dried thyme, fennel dried, marjoram. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens see ingredients in bold. May contain peanuts, nuts and sesame.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- E252 Potassium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
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 12 paella
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 75% of the paella here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169388563, 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.