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Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice

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Contaminants · 5

3 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Goya Seasoned Yellow Rice
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Arsenic160 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 16×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Yellow Rice Spanish Style
Cadmium20.3 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 4.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Yellow Rice Spanish Style
Mercury2.46 ppbof 2 ppb
Over the limit — 1.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Yellow Rice Spanish Style
Lead2.58 ppbof 5 ppb
52% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Yellow Rice Spanish Style
Inorganic Arsenic100 ppbfound
Detected · no published limit
Measured in: Yellow Rice Spanish Style

Ingredients · 11

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Common questions

Is Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice healthy?

Goya Foods Inc. Yellow 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, Goya Seasoned Yellow Rice. 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 Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice?

Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice lists 11 ingredients, starting with Long Grain Enriched Parboiled White Rice, Chicken Flavor, Dehydrated Onion, Salt and Granulated Garlic. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice?

Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice compare to other rice & grains?

At 0/100 Goya Foods Inc. Yellow 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 Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice organic?

Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice is not certified organic in our data.

Has Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Parboiled enriched white rice with chicken flavour seasonings, yellow 5) with the other products in its family, Goya Seasoned Yellow Rice, 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 Goya Foods Inc. Yellow Rice contain heavy metals?

Goya Foods Inc. Yellow 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 160 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Yellow Rice Spanish Style, cadmium at 20.3 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Yellow Rice Spanish Style, inorganic arsenic at 100 ppb in Yellow Rice Spanish Style, lead at 2.58 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Yellow Rice Spanish Style and 1 other reading. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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