Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Long Grain & Wild Mushroom Flavour 250 g: version 2
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# Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Long Grain & Wild Mushroom Flavour 250 g <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00058496141493
name: Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Long Grain & Wild Mushroom Flavour 250 g
name.fr: Uncle Ben's Bistro Express riz à grains longs et riz sauvage saveur de champignons 250 g
family: family/ben-s-original-bistro-express
default_observation: ca-2019
summary: 250 g pouch of ready-to-heat long grain parboiled rice and wild rice with mushroom flavour, sold in Canada under the Uncle Ben's name before the Ben's Original rebrand.
brand: brand/ben-s-original
category: category/10000294
net_content: 250 g
country_of_sale: CA
pack_format: pouch
status: discontinued
last_seen: 2019-09-06
last_seen_note: Date of the latest Open Food Facts photographs of this Uncle Ben's pack, which prints a best-before date of 06/20
superseded_by: 00058496459345
superseded_note: The maker's Canadian site now lists Ben's Original Bistro Express Long Grain & Wild Rice Mushroom Flavour 250 g, and the Amazon.ca listing of that pouch prints UPC 058496459345; the link is derived from matching line, flavour, net content and pouch format
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------------- | ------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/mars-canada | CA | | | | sourced | ^mars-2016 | The 2016 unclebens.ca page for this flavour is signed "© 2016 Mars Canada" and names the trademarks as those of Mars, Incorporated and its affiliates |
| gs1_prefix_owner | company/mars-canada | | | | | derived | ^wp-mars-canada | prefix 0058496, inferred to Mars Canada on its company page; Wikipedia names Mars Canada as the Canadian division of Mars, and it signed the 2016 Uncle Ben's Canada site |
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## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | ------ | -------- |
| CA | printed | as printed on pack | Bilingual English/French label with a front-of-pack Nutrition Facts summary per 125 mL (90 g) with % Daily Value / % valeur quotidienne and ®/MD trademark marks; read from the Open Food Facts photos | 2019-09-06 | | | |
| CA | derived | ^amazon-ca | Amazon.ca listing B09CGL4NT7 "BEN'S ORIGINAL™ BISTRO EXPRESS™ Long Grain & Wild Rice Mushroom Flavour, 250g", in stock under Grocery & Gourmet Food; it prints UPC 058496459345, so the listing is the Ben's Original successor article, not this Uncle Ben's pack | 2026-09-26 | new | | CAD 2.98 |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Riz à grains longs et riz sauvage - saveur de champignons | name | fr | | |
| Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Mushroom Flavour Long Grain and Wild Rice | search | en | | |
| Long Grain & Wild – Mushroom Flavour | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Ingredients <!--ingredients-->
| ingredient | role | kind | note | percent | basis | market | from | until | source | id | observation | parent_id | position | printed_name | state |
| ----------------------------------- | ---- | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ------ | -------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------- | ------------------------- | ----- |
| ingredient/water | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | water | ca-2019 | | 1 | WATER | known |
| ingredient/parboiled-rice | | label | Long grain | | | CA | | | ^off | rice | ca-2019 | | 2 | LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE | known |
| ingredient/wild-rice | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | wild-rice | ca-2019 | | 3 | WILD RICE | known |
| ingredient/canola-oil | | label | Printed as "CANOLA OIL AND / OR SUNFLOWER OIL" | | | CA | | | ^off | canola-oil | ca-2019 | | 4 | CANOLA OIL | known |
| ingredient/sunflower-oil | | label | Printed as "CANOLA OIL AND / OR SUNFLOWER OIL" | | | CA | | | ^off | sunflower-oil | ca-2019 | | 5 | SUNFLOWER OIL | known |
| ingredient/flavourings | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | flavour | ca-2019 | | 6 | FLAVOUR | known |
| ingredient/milk | | label | Printed in brackets after FLAVOUR | | | CA | | | ^off | flavour-milk | ca-2019 | flavour | 1 | MILK | known |
| ingredient/dextrose | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | dextrose | ca-2019 | | 7 | DEXTROSE | known |
| ingredient/salt | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | salt | ca-2019 | | 8 | SALT | known |
| ingredient/vegetables | | label | Dehydrated | | | CA | | | ^off | vegetables | ca-2019 | | 9 | DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES | known |
| ingredient/mushrooms | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | mushroom | ca-2019 | vegetables | 1 | MUSHROOM | known |
| ingredient/garlic | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | garlic | ca-2019 | vegetables | 2 | GARLIC | known |
| ingredient/onion | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | onion | ca-2019 | vegetables | 3 | ONION | known |
| ingredient/yeast-extract | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | yeast-extract | ca-2019 | | 10 | YEAST EXTRACT | known |
| ingredient/potassium-chloride | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | potassium-chloride | ca-2019 | | 11 | POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | known |
| ingredient/hydrolyzed-plant-protein | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | hpp | ca-2019 | | 12 | HYDROLYZED PLANT PROTEIN | known |
| ingredient/maize | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | hpp-corn | ca-2019 | hpp | 1 | CORN | known |
| ingredient/soybeans | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | hpp-soy | ca-2019 | hpp | 2 | SOY | known |
| ingredient/wheat | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | hpp-wheat | ca-2019 | hpp | 3 | WHEAT | known |
| ingredient/hydrogenated-soybean-oil | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | hydrogenated-soy | ca-2019 | | 13 | HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL | known |
| ingredient/modified-corn-starch | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | modified-corn-starch | ca-2019 | | 14 | MODIFIED CORN STARCH | known |
| ingredient/sugar | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | sugar | ca-2019 | | 15 | SUGAR | known |
| ingredient/guar-gum | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | guar-gum | ca-2019 | | 16 | GUAR GUM | known |
| ingredient/artificial-flavouring | | label | Printed with the spelling "ARTIFICAL"; the French list reads ARÔME ARTIFICIEL | | | CA | | | ^off | artificial-flavour | ca-2019 | | 17 | ARTIFICAL FLAVOUR | known |
| ingredient/xanthan-gum | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | xanthan-gum | ca-2019 | | 18 | XANTHAN GUM | known |
| ingredient/sodium-phosphates | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | sodium-phosphate | ca-2019 | | 19 | SODIUM PHOSPHATE | known |
| ingredient/colours | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | colour | ca-2019 | | 20 | COLOUR | known |
| ingredient/lactic-acid | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | lactic-acid | ca-2019 | | 21 | LACTIC ACID | known |
<!--/ingredients-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| ca-2019 | Canadian bilingual Uncle Ben's pouch, best before 06/20 (front and ingredient photos) | label | CA | | | | 2019-09-06 | supported | WATER, LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE, WILD RICE, CANOLA OIL AND / OR SUNFLOWER OIL, FLAVOUR (MILK), DEXTROSE, SALT, DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES (MUSHROOM, GARLIC, ONION), YEAST EXTRACT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, HYDROLYZED PLANT PROTEIN (CORN, SOY, WHEAT), HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SUGAR, GUAR GUM, ARTIFICAL FLAVOUR, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, COLOUR, LACTIC ACID. | listed | | ^off | Front and ingredient photos (2160×2880) uploaded to Open Food Facts on 2019-09-06; a 600×600 front crop of 2019-06-26 shows the same design. The back prints lot code 1288146 and BEST BEFORE 06/20. Upload dates are observation dates, not formulation dates | 250 g | | | pouch | |
| maker-2016 | Uncle Ben's Canada product page "Long Grain & Wild – Mushroom Flavour" (archived 2016-04-19) | label | CA | en | | | 2016-04-19 | supported | WATER, LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE, WILD RICE, CANOLA OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, FLAVOUR (MILK), DEXTROSE, SALT, DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES (MUSHROOM, GARLIC, ONION), YEAST EXTRACT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, HYDROLYZED PLANT PROTEIN (SOY, CORN, WHEAT), HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SUGAR, GUAR GUM, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, COLOUR, LACTIC ACID. | listed | | ^mars-2016 | The maker's published statement for this flavour; it names the same ingredients in the same order as the 2019 pack, except that the hydrolyzed plant protein sources are listed as SOY, CORN, WHEAT. The page prints no barcode; its product image file is named "Bistro-Express-Long-Grain-Wild-Mushroom-250g" | | | | pouch | |
<!--/observations-->
## Nutrition panels <!--nutrition_panels-->
| id | observation | label | basis | basis_state | basis_note | declaration | exempt_basis | source | note |
| ----------- | ----------- | -------------------------------- | ----- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------ | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ca-2019-fop | ca-2019 | Front of pack, per 125 mL (90 g) | 90 g | as_sold | PER 125 mL (90 g) / PAR 125 mL (90 g) of the ready-to-heat rice | transcribed | | ^off | Front-of-pack summary transcribed from the 2160×2880 front photo uploaded 2019-09-06; it prints Calories, total fat, saturated and trans fat, sugars and sodium only |
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## Nutrition values <!--nutrition_values-->
| panel | nutrient | value | qualifier | value_max | dv_percent | printed_value | state | method | source | note |
| ----------- | --------------- | ----- | --------- | --------- | ---------- | ----------------------------- | ------------ | ------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ca-2019-fop | energy_kcal | 140 | exact | | | Calories / Calories 140 | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2019-fop | energy_kj | | | | | | not_declared | printed | ^off | The Canadian summary declares Calories only |
| ca-2019-fop | fat_g | 2 | exact | | 3 | Total Fat / Lipides totaux 2g | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2019-fop | saturated_fat_g | 0.2 | exact | | 1 | Sat. Fat / Lipides sat. 0.2g | known | printed | ^off | The 1 % Daily Value is printed for saturated and trans fat together |
| ca-2019-fop | trans_fat_g | 0 | exact | | | Trans. Fat / Lipides trans 0g | known | printed | ^off | Partly covered by glare on the photo; the figure reads 0g |
| ca-2019-fop | sugars_g | 0 | exact | | | Sugars / Sucres 0g | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2019-fop | sodium_mg | 290 | exact | | 12 | Sodium / Sodium 290mg | known | printed | ^off | |
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## Allergen declarations <!--allergens-->
| observation | allergen | declaration | source | note |
| ----------- | -------- | ----------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ca-2019 | milk | contains | ^off | Declared in the ingredient list as FLAVOUR (MILK) / ARÔME (LAIT) |
| ca-2019 | soy | contains | ^off | Declared in the ingredient list: HYDROLYZED PLANT PROTEIN (… SOY …) and HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL |
| ca-2019 | wheat | contains | ^off | Declared in the ingredient list: HYDROLYZED PLANT PROTEIN (… WHEAT) |
<!--/allergens-->
## Label claims <!--claims-->
| observation | claim | kind | source | note |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ca-2019 | Perfect in 2 minutes / Parfait en 2 minutes | label | ^off | Green badge on the front |
| ca-2019 | No artificial colours & preservatives / Sans arômes, colorants ni agents de conservation | label | ^off | Front badge; the French wording also says "sans arômes" (no flavours), while both ingredient lists name an artificial flavour and a colour |
| ca-2019 | Healthy eating made easy! No Artificial Colours, No Preservatives, Source of Fibre | label | ^off | Back panel, also in French ("Le moyen facile de manger sainement!", "Source de fibres") |
| maker-2016 | No artificial colours or preservatives | manufacturer | ^mars-2016 | Maker's product description ("Creamy and flavourful – with no artificial colours or preservatives"); a declaration, not an independent certification by us |
<!--/claims-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | --------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| ca-2019 | nutrition | unknown | The full Nutrition Facts table on the back is not photographed; carbohydrate, fibre, protein and cholesterol per serving are known only from Open Food Facts' typed per-100 g values, which were scaled from a 90 g column | ^off |
| ca-2019 | identity | unknown | The photographs show no country-of-origin statement or company imprint | ^off |
| | markets | stale | Walmart.ca's Uncle Ben's listing 18822 for this flavour answered 404 on 2026-09-26; the Amazon.ca search (full name, brand "Bistro Express", and the UPC) found only the Ben's Original successor pouch, a 2-pack and a 12-pouch case | ^amazon-ca |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-26
note: New entry from the wanted list; ingredients and front-of-pack nutrition transcribed from the Open Food Facts photos of 2019-09-06, matched to the maker's archived 2016 Canadian product page.
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## Images <!--images-->
| asset | kind | source | licence | attribution | url | accessed | note | provider_entity_id | provider_image_id | source_image_url | download_url | retrieved_at | matched_barcode | match_method | match_confidence | original_width | original_height | stored_width | stored_height | upscaled | observation |
| ------------------------ | ----------- | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---- | ------------------ | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------ | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ------------ | ------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| front-a5c42d7e.jpg | front | open-food-facts | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0058496141493 | 2026-09-26 | | 0058496141493 | front_en | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/005/849/614/1493/front_en.3.full.jpg | | 2026-09-26T17:35:58.043Z | 0058496141493 | barcode | 1 | 600 | 600 | 800 | 800 | true | |
| ingredients-bfc824e3.jpg | ingredients | open-food-facts | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0058496141493 | 2026-09-26 | | 0058496141493 | ingredients_fr | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/005/849/614/1493/ingredients_fr.10.full.jpg | | 2026-09-26T17:35:59.176Z | 0058496141493 | barcode | 1 | 2160 | 2880 | 1200 | 1600 | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ | --------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| off | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0058496141493 | Open Food Facts: Bistro express (0058496141493) | 2026-09-26 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0058496141493 | Front and ingredient photos uploaded 2019-06-26 and 2019-09-06 | ODbL; photos CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| mars-2016 | https://web.archive.org/web/20160419044949/http://unclebens.ca:80/product/long-grain-wild-mushroom-flavour/ | Uncle Ben's Canada: Long Grain & Wild – Mushroom Flavour (archived 2016-04-19) | 2026-09-26 | Mars Canada | manufacturer | 2016 | | Ingredients; cooking instructions | | | |
| bens-ca | https://ca.bensoriginal.com/en-ca/products/ready-heat-rice/bens-original-bistro-express-long-grain-wild-rice-mushroom-flavour-250g-pouch | BEN'S ORIGINAL™ BISTRO EXPRESS™ Long Grain & Wild Rice Mushroom Flavour, 250g | 2026-09-26 | Mars Canada | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| amazon-ca | https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09CGL4NT7 | BEN'S ORIGINAL™ BISTRO EXPRESS™ Long Grain & Wild Rice Mushroom Flavour, 250g | 2026-09-26 | Amazon.ca | retailer | | B09CGL4NT7 | | | | |
| wp-bens | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%27s_Original | Ben's Original | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
| wp-mars-canada | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Canada | Mars Canada | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Long Grain & Wild – Mushroom Flavour is a 250 g pouch of ready-to-heat long grain parboiled rice and wild rice seasoned with dehydrated mushroom, garlic and onion, sold in Canada with an English and French label.[^off] Mars Canada, the brand's Canadian company, described it on its 2016 site as creamy and flavourful with no artificial colours or preservatives, heated in the pouch in a microwave for 90 seconds or in a skillet.[^mars-2016][^wp-mars-canada] Its ingredient list declares milk, soy and wheat, and it carries an artificial flavour and a colour.[^off]
Mars renamed the brand Ben's Original in 2020.[^wp-bens] The maker's Canadian site now lists a Ben's Original Bistro Express Long Grain & Wild Rice Mushroom Flavour 250 g pouch, described as free of artificial colours, flavours and preservatives, and Amazon.ca sells it under UPC 058496459345.[^bens-ca][^amazon-ca]
<!--/about-->