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Rice & Pasta Blend In A Sweet Soy Sauce With Ginger & Sesame

Rice & Pasta Blend In A Sweet Soy Sauce With Ginger & Sesame: 4.2/5 ingredient safety

Rice & Pasta Blend In A Sweet Soy Sauce With Ginger & Sesame by Knorr has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Rice & Pasta Blend In A Sweet Soy Sauce With Ginger & Sesame draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 6 of its 6 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Rice & Pasta Blend In A Sweet Soy Sauce With Ginger & Sesame sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4.2
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.2 out of 5
Based on 6 tracked ingredients
6
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
6
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

Enriched parboiled long grain rice [rice, niacin, ferric orthophosphate (iron), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid], enriched vermicelli [wheat and durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid], sugar, maltodextrin (tapioca, corn, potato), soy sauce* (fermented soybeans, wheat, salt), garlic*, ginger root, onion powder, salt, caramel (for color), sesame oil, rice vinegar powder, yeast extract, citric acid, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, natural flavor (milk), sulfites (used to protect quality).

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Rice & Pasta Blend In A Sweet Soy Sauce With Ginger & Sesame: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Brand
Knorr
Barcode
0004100038487
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Rice & Pasta Blend In A Sweet Soy Sauce With Ginger & Sesame above or below average on ingredient safety?

Rice & Pasta Blend In A Sweet Soy Sauce With Ginger & Sesame scores 4.2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 60% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Rice & Pasta Blend In A Sweet Soy Sauce With Ginger & Sesame's 4.2/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Rice & Pasta Blend In A Sweet Soy Sauce With Ginger & Sesame's mapped ingredients average out to 4.2/5, which is the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.