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Is Worldwide Foods Asian Style - Sticky Rib Rice ultra-processed?

250 g Rices Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Pack of Worldwide Foods Asian Style - Sticky Rib 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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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

Protein Salt 037 STORAGE (Store in a cool dye, Once ned unde refrigerated and comume wind Not suitable for freezing 250ge If you are not entirely satisfied with this prod to the store where it was purchased and replace and refund it, This does not affect you COOKED LONG GRAIN RICE 87%, Water), Long Grain Rice, red pepper 3.5%, red onion 2.5%, Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Glucose, Honey, Fructose, Onion, Soy Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar), Smoked Paprika, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Garlic, Coarse Black Pepper, Cornflour, Ground Ginger, Cinnamon, Flavourings, Star Anise, Fennel, Colour, Paprika Extract, Cloves, Cayenne Pepper, flavourings, preservatives, WK021710-6 SPECIALLY FOR Atherstone, 192H Aldi Stores se www.ald.com ALDI PO Box 72 Don't Recycle 4088601501857

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Protein Salt 037 STORAGE: Store in a cool dye. Once ned unde refrigerated and comume wind Not suitable for freezing 250ge If you are not entirely satisfied with this prod to the store where it was purchased and replace or refund it. This does not affect you COOKED LONG GRAIN RICE (87%) (Water, Long Grain Rice), DICED RED PEPPER (3.5%), DICED RED ONION (2.5%), Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Glucose, Honey, Fructose, Onion Powder, Soy Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar), Smoked Paprika Powder, White Wine Vinegar, Salt, Garlic Powder, Coarse Black Pepper, Cornflour, Ground Ginger, Ground Cinnamon, Flavourings, Ground Star Anise, Ground Fennel, Colour. Paprika Extract; Ground Cloves, Ground Cayenne Pepper. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegetarians. No artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives. WK021710-6 SPECIALLY FOR Atherstone (192H Aldi Stores se www.ald.com ALDI PO Box 72 Don't Recycle 4088601501857

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
6 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 293 rices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 282nd. 35% of the 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 293 rices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600501857, 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.