Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice

Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 6 contaminants flagged · 8 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Ben's Original Ready Rice seasoned long grain white pouches

100

Contaminants

Substances that do not belong in food

−88

arsenic−48

dimethylarsinic acid−9

inorganic arsenic−9

monomethylarsonic acid−9

cadmium−7

lead−6

Ingredients

−58

canola oil−12

corn syrup−12

sunflower oil−11

maltodextrin−3

yeast extract−3

12 more deductions−17

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+56

Minimum score+56

Final score0

Contaminants · 7

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Ben's Original Ready Rice seasoned long grain white pouches

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Arsenic86.3 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 8.6×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch

Cadmium3.6 ppbof 5 ppb

72% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch

Lead2.9 ppbof 5 ppb

58% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch

Dimethylarsinic Acid22.2 ppbfound

Detected · no published limit

Measured in: Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch

Inorganic Arsenic65.6 ppbfound

Detected · no published limit

Measured in: Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch

Monomethylarsonic Acid1.44 ppbfound

Detected · no published limit

Measured in: Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch

Ingredients · 29

GoodCautionAvoid

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Healthier swaps

Same shelf, cleaner ingredients

Browse Rice & Grains

Common questions

Is Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice healthy?

Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice scores 0/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Ben's Original Ready Rice seasoned long grain white pouches. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice?

Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice lists 29 ingredients, starting with Water, Parboiled Long Grain Rice, Canola Oil, Modified Corn Starch and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice contain seed oils?

Yes. Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice lists Canola Oil and Sunflower Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice?

Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice compare to other rice & grains?

At 0/100 Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice scores worse than most rice & grains we have scored. A higher-scoring option in rice & grains is Simple Truth Organic Long Grain White Rice at 100/100.

Is Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice organic?

Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice is not certified organic in our data.

Has Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Microwave pouch: water, parboiled long grain white rice, canola oil and seasoning; no pasta, beans or heavy vegetable) with the other products in its family, Ben's Original Ready Rice seasoned long grain white pouches, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice contain heavy metals?

Ben's Original Butter & Garlic Flavored Ready Rice itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 86.3 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch, cadmium at 3.6 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch, inorganic arsenic at 65.6 ppb in Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch and lead at 2.9 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Ready Rice Long Grain White Original, 8.8 oz Microwavable Pouch. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.

More in Rice & Grains

Medium Grain Rice

Nishiki

Sweet Rice

Tiao Peng Trading Company

100% Whole Grain Brown Rice

Minute Rice

Organic Brown Rice

Mahatma

Jasmine Rice

Minute Rice

Jasmine Brown Rice

Carolina Rice