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Is Worldwide foods Satay flavour rice ultra-processed?

250g Rices Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Worldwide foods Satay flavour 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
  • 2 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 90% (Water, Long Grain Rice), Satay Style Paste 3.5%, Sunflower Oil, Water, Muscovado Sugar, Onion, Spirit Vinegar, Yeast Extract Powder, Garlic Purée, Soy Sauce (Maltodextrin, Soy Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Wheat, Salt), Salt), Cumin, Fenugreek, Ginger Powder, Coriander, Salt, Flavourings, Turmeric Powder, Red Chilli Purée, Colour (Paprika Extract), Spring Onions 3%, Sunflower Oil, Garlic Purée, Onion, Red Chilli 0.5%, Flavourings, Stabiliser (Guar Gum), Turmeric Powder

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Cooked Long Grain Rice 90% (Water, Long Grain Rice), Satay Style Paste 3.5% (Sunflower Oil, Water, Muscovado Sugar, Onion Purée, Spirit Vinegar, Yeast Extract Powder, Garlic Purée, Soy Sauce Powder (Maltodextrin, Soy Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Wheat, Salt), Salt), Cumin Powder, Ground Fenugreek, Ginger Powder, Coriander Powder, Salt, Flavourings, Turmeric Powder, Red Chilli Purée, Colour (Paprika Extract)), Spring Onions 3%, Sunflower Oil, Garlic Purée, Onion Powder, Red Chilli 0.5%, Flavourings, Stabiliser (Guar Gum), Turmeric 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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
5 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.
  • 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 283rd. 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 4088600478616, 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.