Is Zatarain's Jambalaya reduced sodium rice dinner mix ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 15 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
long grain parboiled rice (rice, iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid), onion, spices (including paprika, red pepper, chili pepper), salt (processing marker), red and green bell pepper, yeast extract, garlic
As written on the pack
enriched long grain parboiled rice (rice, iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid), onion, spices (including paprika, red pepper, chili pepper), salt, red and green bell pepper, yeast extract , garlic,
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.
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 192 rice dishes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 71% of the rice dishes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0071429099807, last edited 24 September 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.