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No — Spicy Rice is not ultra-processed.
Great choice! Made with mostly simple culinary ingredients.
Spicy Rice is not ultra-processed under the specified NOVA guidance. Its ingredients are primarily basic foods and culinary ingredients: rice flour, water, sunflower and rapeseed oils, vegetables, spices, sugar, soybeans, wheat, vinegar, and cornflour. Citric acid is a basic acidity regulator, and no industrial UPF markers such as emulsifiers, stabilizers, artificial or natural flavourings, refined syrup formulations, hydrogenated or interesterified oils, or ready-to-eat processed components are present.
No — Spicy Rice by Asda is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). Spicy Rice is not ultra-processed under the specified NOVA guidance. Its ingredients are primarily basic foods and culinary ingredients: rice flour, water, sunflower and rapeseed oils, vegetables, spices, sugar, soybeans, wheat, vinegar, and cornflour. Citric acid is a basic acidity regulator, and no industrial UPF markers such as emulsifiers, stabilizers, artificial or natural flavourings, refined syrup formulations, hydrogenated or interesterified oils, or ready-to-eat processed components are present.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.