Is Worldwide Foods Special Savoury Chicken Flavour 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:
- 16 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed rices
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
long grain rice 86%, sweetcorn 3%, carrots 3%, red peppers 3%, sunflower oil (processing marker), onion, yeast extract, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), yeast extract powder, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), garlic, salt (processing marker), stabiliser (guar gum (ultra-processing marker)), white pepper, sage
Additives: E412 Guar gum
As written on the pack
cooked long grain rice (86%), sweetcorn (3%), carrots (3%), red peppers (3%), sunflower oil, onion powder, yeast extract, maltodextrin, yeast extract powder, flavourings, garlic powder, salt, stabiliser: guar gum, white pepper, sage
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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- 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.
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.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 293 rices
From least to most processed, this one ranks 258th. 35% of the rices here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600341613, last edited 27 April 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.