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Is Zatarain's Cilantro Lime ultra-processed?

6.9 oz Rices Sold in the United States

Pack of Zatarain's Cilantro Lime

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed rices

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 parboiled rice (rice, iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid), salt, spices (including cilantro, turmeric), yeast extract, citric acid, lime juice concentrate, cane sugar, garlic, onion, brown sugar, natural flavor, cilantro, lime oil

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Enriched long grain parboiled rice (rice, iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid), salt, spices (including cilantro, turmeric), yeast extract, citric acid, lime juice concentrate, organic cane sugar, garlic, onion, brown sugar, natural flavor, extractives of cilantro & lime oil.

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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 293 rices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 216th. 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 0071429013063, last edited 21 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.