Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley 250 g: version 1
Saved 2026-09-26 17:44 by @benjaminsen (bot): New product page for UPC 058496223113, Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley 250 g (Canada), from the wanted list (named by family/ben-s-original-bistro-express). - Identity confirmed by Open Food Facts photos (front 2018, ingredients 2020-03-13, Nutrition Facts 2020-09-08 and 2020-11-25) and the Save-On-Foods product URL carrying this GTIN. - Current observation ca-2020: full bilingual ingredient list and Nutrition Facts per 125 mL (90 g) transcribed from the photos; allergens milk, soy, wheat as named in the list. - Earlier recipe from the maker's archived 2013 Uncle Ben's Canada page (maker-2013). - A 2018 French ingredient photo that matches neither list is kept as an unconfirmed observation with a disputed gap. - Status discontinued, superseded_by 00058496459420: Mars Canada's archived 2024 Ben's Original page gives SKU 058496459420, and Amazon.ca (B09CG44ZK7) sells it under that UPC. - Markets: CA printed (label), sourced (Save-On-Foods URL), derived (Buggy CAD 5.45; Giant Tiger CAD 2.74, which shows the successor pack). - Amazon.ca settled as a research gap: only the successor is listed. - gs1_prefix_owner derived to company/mars-canada per its inferred prefix 0058496. No stubs were created; all ingredients map to existing pages.. Current is v2.
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| 1 | 1 | # Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley 250 g <!--product--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | gtin: 00058496223113 | |
| 5 | 5 | name: Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley 250 g | |
| 6 | 6 | name.fr: Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Mélange de légumes 250 g | |
| 7 | 7 | family: family/ben-s-original-bistro-express | |
| 8 | 8 | default_observation: ca-2020 | |
| 9 | 9 | summary: 250 g pouch of ready-to-heat seasoned long grain parboiled rice with carrots, peas and corn, sold in Canada under the Uncle Ben's name before the Ben's Original rebrand. | |
| 10 | 10 | brand: brand/ben-s-original | |
| 11 | 11 | category: category/10000294 | |
| 12 | 12 | net_content: 250 g | |
| 13 | 13 | country_of_sale: CA | |
| 14 | 14 | pack_format: pouch | |
| 15 | 15 | status: discontinued | |
| 16 | 16 | last_seen: 2020-11-25 | |
| 17 | 17 | last_seen_note: Nutrition Facts photo of this pack uploaded to Open Food Facts on 2020-11-25 | |
| 18 | 18 | superseded_by: 00058496459420 | |
| 19 | 19 | superseded_note: Mars Canada's Ben's Original Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice 250 g page (archived 2024-01-11) gives SKU 058496459420, and Amazon.ca sells that pouch under UPC 058496459420 on 2026-09-26; the maker's site no longer names this UPC | |
| 20 | 20 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 23 | 23 | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 24 | 24 | | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 25 | 25 | | brand_owner_at_sale | company/mars-canada | CA | | | | sourced | ^wp-mars-canada | Wikipedia lists Ben's Original (formerly Uncle Ben's) among Mars Canada's brands; the maker's Canadian site sold this Bistro Express flavour in 2013 | | |
| 26 | 26 | | gs1_prefix_owner | company/mars-canada | | | | | derived | ^wp-mars-canada | prefix 0058496, inferred to Mars Canada on its company page; Mars Canada is the brand's Canadian company per Wikipedia | | |
| 27 | 27 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 28 | 28 | ||
| 29 | 29 | ## Markets <!--markets--> | |
| 30 | 30 | | country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price | | |
| 31 | 31 | | ------- | ------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | -------- | | |
| 32 | 32 | | CA | printed | as printed on pack | Bilingual English/French label with a Canadian "Nutrition Facts / Valeur nutritive" table giving % Daily Value / % valeur quotidienne; read from the Open Food Facts photos | 2020-11-25 | | | | | |
| 33 | 33 | | CA | sourced | ^saveon | Save-On-Foods (western Canada) product URL carries GTIN 00058496223113 under the title "Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice" | 2026-09-26 | | | | | |
| 34 | 34 | | CA | derived | ^buggy | Buggy (Toronto) listing "Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Rice Vegetable Medley 250G" from the Concord Foods store, no barcode printed; the site states it stopped taking delivery orders on 2026-08-15 | 2026-09-26 | new | | CAD 5.45 | | |
| 35 | 35 | | CA | derived | ^gianttiger | Giant Tiger listing "Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice, 250-g" (SKU 676752), no barcode printed; its photos show the Ben's Original successor pouch, so the listing may be the successor 00058496459420 | 2026-09-26 | new | | CAD 2.74 | | |
| 36 | 36 | <!--/markets--> | |
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 38 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 39 | 39 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 40 | 40 | | ------------------------------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 41 | 41 | | Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice | name | en | | | | |
| 42 | 42 | | Bistro Express Mélange de légumes | name | fr | | | | |
| 43 | 43 | | Vegetable Medley with Peas, Carrots and Corn | name | en | | | | |
| 44 | 44 | | Vegetable Medley Rice | search | en | | | | |
| 45 | 45 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 46 | 46 | ||
| 47 | 47 | ## Ingredients <!--ingredients--> | |
| 48 | 48 | | ingredient | role | kind | note | percent | basis | market | from | until | source | id | observation | parent_id | position | printed_name | state | | |
| 49 | 49 | | ------------------------------------ | ---- | ----- | -------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ---------- | ---------- | ------------------ | ----------- | ---------------- | -------- | ------------------------- | ----- | | |
| 50 | 50 | | ingredient/water | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | water | ca-2020 | | 1 | WATER | known | | |
| 51 | 51 | | ingredient/parboiled-rice | | label | Long grain | | | CA | | | ^off | rice | ca-2020 | | 2 | LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE | known | | |
| 52 | 52 | | ingredient/carrot | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | carrots | ca-2020 | | 3 | CARROTS | known | | |
| 53 | 53 | | ingredient/peas | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | peas | ca-2020 | | 4 | PEAS | known | | |
| 54 | 54 | | ingredient/maize | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | corn | ca-2020 | | 5 | CORN | known | | |
| 55 | 55 | | ingredient/canola-oil | | label | Printed as "CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL" | | | CA | | | ^off | canola-oil | ca-2020 | | 6 | CANOLA OIL | known | | |
| 56 | 56 | | ingredient/sunflower-oil | | label | Printed as "CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL" | | | CA | | | ^off | sunflower-oil | ca-2020 | | 7 | SUNFLOWER OIL | known | | |
| 57 | 57 | | ingredient/maltodextrin | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | maltodextrin | ca-2020 | | 8 | MALTODEXTRIN | known | | |
| 58 | 58 | | ingredient/salt | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | salt | ca-2020 | | 9 | SALT | known | | |
| 59 | 59 | | ingredient/yeast-extract | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | yeast-extract | ca-2020 | | 10 | YEAST EXTRACT | known | | |
| 60 | 60 | | ingredient/sugar | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | sugar | ca-2020 | | 11 | SUGAR | known | | |
| 61 | 61 | | ingredient/potassium-chloride | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | potassium-chloride | ca-2020 | | 12 | POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | known | | |
| 62 | 62 | | ingredient/modified-milk-ingredients | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | milk-ingredients | ca-2020 | | 13 | MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS | known | | |
| 63 | 63 | | ingredient/soy-sauce | | label | Printed as a powder | | | CA | | | ^off | soy-sauce-powder | ca-2020 | | 14 | SOY SAUCE POWDER | known | | |
| 64 | 64 | | ingredient/soybeans | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | soybean | ca-2020 | soy-sauce-powder | 15 | SOYBEAN | known | | |
| 65 | 65 | | ingredient/wheat | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | wheat | ca-2020 | soy-sauce-powder | 16 | WHEAT | known | | |
| 66 | 66 | | ingredient/salt | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | soy-salt | ca-2020 | soy-sauce-powder | 17 | SALT | known | | |
| 67 | 67 | | ingredient/guar-gum | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | guar-gum | ca-2020 | | 18 | GUAR GUM | known | | |
| 68 | 68 | | ingredient/silicon-dioxide | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | silicon-dioxide | ca-2020 | | 19 | SILICON DIOXIDE | known | | |
| 69 | 69 | | ingredient/flavourings | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | flavour | ca-2020 | | 20 | FLAVOUR | known | | |
| 70 | 70 | | ingredient/colours | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | colour | ca-2020 | | 21 | COLOUR | known | | |
| 71 | 71 | | ingredient/xanthan-gum | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | xanthan-gum | ca-2020 | | 22 | XANTHAN GUM | known | | |
| 72 | 72 | | ingredient/spices | | label | Printed as "SPICE & SPICE EXTRACTIVES" | | | CA | | | ^off | spice | ca-2020 | | 23 | SPICE | known | | |
| 73 | 73 | | ingredient/spice-extracts | | label | Printed as "SPICE & SPICE EXTRACTIVES" | | | CA | | | ^off | spice-extractives | ca-2020 | | 24 | SPICE EXTRACTIVES | known | | |
| 74 | 74 | | ingredient/water | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-water | maker-2013 | | 1 | WATER | known | | |
| 75 | 75 | | ingredient/parboiled-rice | | label | Long grain | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-rice | maker-2013 | | 2 | LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE | known | | |
| 76 | 76 | | ingredient/peas | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-peas | maker-2013 | | 3 | PEAS | known | | |
| 77 | 77 | | ingredient/carrot | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-carrots | maker-2013 | | 4 | CARROTS | known | | |
| 78 | 78 | | ingredient/maize | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-corn | maker-2013 | | 5 | CORN | known | | |
| 79 | 79 | | ingredient/canola-oil | | label | Printed as "CANOLA OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL" | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-canola-oil | maker-2013 | | 6 | CANOLA OIL | known | | |
| 80 | 80 | | ingredient/sunflower-oil | | label | Printed as "CANOLA OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL" | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-sunflower-oil | maker-2013 | | 7 | SUNFLOWER OIL | known | | |
| 81 | 81 | | ingredient/salt | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-salt | maker-2013 | | 8 | SALT | known | | |
| 82 | 82 | | ingredient/maltodextrin | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-maltodextrin | maker-2013 | | 9 | MALTODEXTRIN | known | | |
| 83 | 83 | | ingredient/sugar | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-sugar | maker-2013 | | 10 | SUGAR | known | | |
| 84 | 84 | | ingredient/yeast-extract | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-yeast-extract | maker-2013 | | 11 | YEAST EXTRACT | known | | |
| 85 | 85 | | ingredient/onion-powder | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-onion-powder | maker-2013 | | 12 | ONION POWDER | known | | |
| 86 | 86 | | ingredient/flavourings | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-flavour | maker-2013 | | 13 | FLAVOUR | known | | |
| 87 | 87 | | ingredient/caramel-colour | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-caramel | maker-2013 | | 14 | CARAMEL COLOUR | known | | |
| 88 | 88 | | ingredient/garlic-powder | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-garlic-powder | maker-2013 | | 15 | GARLIC POWDER | known | | |
| 89 | 89 | | ingredient/guar-gum | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-guar-gum | maker-2013 | | 16 | GUAR GUM | known | | |
| 90 | 90 | | ingredient/spices | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-spice | maker-2013 | | 17 | SPICE | known | | |
| 91 | 91 | | ingredient/xanthan-gum | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-xanthan-gum | maker-2013 | | 18 | XANTHAN GUM | known | | |
| 92 | 92 | <!--/ingredients--> | |
| 93 | 93 | ||
| 94 | 94 | ## Observations <!--observations--> | |
| 95 | 95 | | 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 | | |
| 96 | 96 | | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ | | |
| 97 | 97 | | ca-2020 | Canadian bilingual Uncle Ben's pouch with portrait (ingredients and Nutrition Facts photos, 2020) | label | CA | | | | 2020-11-25 | supported | INGREDIENTS: WATER, LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE, CARROTS, PEAS, CORN, CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, SUGAR, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS, SOY SAUCE POWDER (SOYBEAN, WHEAT, SALT), GUAR GUM, SILICON DIOXIDE, FLAVOUR, COLOUR, XANTHAN GUM, SPICE & SPICE EXTRACTIVES. INGRÉDIENTS : EAU, RIZ À GRAINS LONGS ÉTUVÉ, CAROTTES, POIS, MAÏS, HUILE DE CANOLA ET/OU HUILE DE TOURNESOL, MALTODEXTRINE, SEL, EXTRAIT DE LEVURE, SUCRE, CHLORURE DE POTASSIUM, SUBSTANCES LAITIÈRES MODIFIÉES, POUDRE DE SAUCE SOJA (FÉVES DE SOJA, BLÉ, SEL), GOMME DE GUAR, DIOXYDE DE SILICIUM, ARÔME, COLORANT, GOMME DE XANTHANE, ÉPICE ET EXTRACTIFS D'ÉPICE. | listed | | ^off | Ingredients photo (2893×1728) uploaded to Open Food Facts on 2020-03-13, printing code 1430709C beside the list; Nutrition Facts photos uploaded 2020-09-08 and 2020-11-25 show the same figures; upload dates are observation dates, not formulation dates | 250 g | | | pouch | | | |
| 98 | 98 | | ca-2018 | Uncle Ben's pouch front with portrait and a partial French ingredient list (photos uploaded 2018-09-02) | label | CA | fr | | | 2018-09-02 | unconfirmed | INGRÉDIENTS : EAU, RIZ À GRAINS LONGS ÉTUVÉ, LÉGUMES (POIS, MAÏS, CAROTTES), HUILE DE CANOLA ET/OU HUILE DE TOURNESOL, ARÔME (BLÉ, SOJA, LAIT), SEL, EXTRAIT DE LEVURE, SEL MARIN, CHLORURE DE POTASSIUM, GOMME DE GUAR, SULFATE DE MAGNÉSIUM, CHLORURE DE MAGNÉSIUM, ÉPICES, LÉGUME DÉSHYDRATÉ (AIL), GOMME DE XANTHANE. | listed | | ^off | The front photo (874×1200) and a 1757×533 photo of a French ingredient list were uploaded together on 2018-09-02; the list differs from the 2020 photo and the English half is cropped, and the photo shows no product name, so it is kept apart from the product's ingredient rows; the front's small nutrition summary reads 130 Calories and 1.5 g fat per 125 mL (90 g) | 250 g | | | pouch | | | |
| 99 | 99 | | maker-2013 | Uncle Ben's Canada product page "Vegetable Medley with Peas, Carrots and Corn" (Bistro Express, archived 2013-11-07) | label | CA | en | | | 2013-11-07 | supported | INGREDIENTS: WATER, LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE, PEAS, CARROTS, CORN, CANOLA OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, YEAST EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, FLAVOUR, CARAMEL COLOUR, GARLIC POWDER, GUAR GUM, SPICE, XANTHAN GUM. | listed | | ^mars-2013 | The maker's published ingredient statement for the Bistro Express Vegetable Medley pouch, matched to this UPC by brand, line, variant and pouch format; the page prints no barcode or net content; `until` on its rows is the archive date of the page | | | | pouch | | | |
| 100 | 100 | <!--/observations--> | |
| 101 | 101 | ||
| 102 | 102 | ## Nutrition panels <!--nutrition_panels--> | |
| 103 | 103 | | id | observation | label | basis | basis_state | basis_note | declaration | exempt_basis | source | note | | |
| 104 | 104 | | ----------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------- | ----- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------ | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 105 | 105 | | ca-2020-nft | ca-2020 | Nutrition Facts, per 125 mL (90 g) | 90 g | as_sold | Per 125 mL (90 g) / pour 125 mL (90 g) of the ready-to-heat rice | transcribed | | ^off | Transcribed from the 636×1084 photo uploaded 2020-11-25 and checked against the 514×791 photo of 2020-09-08 | | |
| 106 | 106 | <!--/nutrition_panels--> | |
| 107 | 107 | ||
| 108 | 108 | ## Nutrition values <!--nutrition_values--> | |
| 109 | 109 | | panel | nutrient | value | qualifier | value_max | dv_percent | printed_value | state | method | source | note | | |
| 110 | 110 | | ----------- | --------------- | ----- | --------- | --------- | ---------- | ------------------------------ | ----- | ------- | ------ | --------------------------------- | | |
| 111 | 111 | | ca-2020-nft | energy_kcal | 140 | exact | | | Calories / Calories 140 | known | printed | ^off | | | |
| 112 | 112 | | ca-2020-nft | fat_g | 2 | exact | | 3 | Fat / Lipides 2 g | known | printed | ^off | | | |
| 113 | 113 | | ca-2020-nft | saturated_fat_g | 0.2 | exact | | | Saturated / saturés 0.2 g | known | printed | ^off | Saturated + trans 1 % Daily Value | | |
| 114 | 114 | | ca-2020-nft | trans_fat_g | 0 | exact | | | + Trans / trans 0 g | known | printed | ^off | Saturated + trans 1 % Daily Value | | |
| 115 | 115 | | ca-2020-nft | cholesterol_mg | 0 | exact | | | Cholesterol / Cholestérol 0 mg | known | printed | ^off | | | |
| 116 | 116 | | ca-2020-nft | sodium_mg | 290 | exact | | 12 | Sodium / Sodium 290 mg | known | printed | ^off | | | |
| 117 | 117 | | ca-2020-nft | carbohydrate_g | 27 | exact | | 9 | Carbohydrate / Glucides 27 g | known | printed | ^off | | | |
| 118 | 118 | | ca-2020-nft | fibre_g | 1 | exact | | 4 | Fibre / Fibres 1 g | known | printed | ^off | | | |
| 119 | 119 | | ca-2020-nft | sugars_g | 1 | exact | | | Sugars / Sucres 1 g | known | printed | ^off | | | |
| 120 | 120 | | ca-2020-nft | protein_g | 3 | exact | | | Protein / Protéines 3 g | known | printed | ^off | | | |
| 121 | 121 | | ca-2020-nft | vitamin_a_ug | | | | 0 | Vitamin A / Vitamine A 0 % | known | printed | ^off | Printed as % Daily Value only | | |
| 122 | 122 | | ca-2020-nft | vitamin_c_mg | | | | 0 | Vitamin C / Vitamine C 0 % | known | printed | ^off | Printed as % Daily Value only | | |
| 123 | 123 | | ca-2020-nft | calcium_mg | | | | 2 | Calcium / Calcium 2 % | known | printed | ^off | Printed as % Daily Value only | | |
| 124 | 124 | | ca-2020-nft | iron_mg | | | | 2 | Iron / Fer 2 % | known | printed | ^off | Printed as % Daily Value only | | |
| 125 | 125 | <!--/nutrition_values--> | |
| 126 | 126 | ||
| 127 | 127 | ## Allergen declarations <!--allergens--> | |
| 128 | 128 | | observation | allergen | declaration | source | note | | |
| 129 | 129 | | ----------- | -------- | ----------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 130 | 130 | | ca-2020 | milk | contains | ^off | Named in the ingredient list as "MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS" | | |
| 131 | 131 | | ca-2020 | soy | contains | ^off | Named in the ingredient list as "SOY SAUCE POWDER (SOYBEAN, …)" | | |
| 132 | 132 | | ca-2020 | wheat | contains | ^off | Named in the ingredient list inside "SOY SAUCE POWDER (…, WHEAT, …)" | | |
| 133 | 133 | <!--/allergens--> | |
| 134 | 134 | ||
| 135 | 135 | ## Label claims <!--claims--> | |
| 136 | 136 | | observation | claim | kind | source | note | | |
| 137 | 137 | | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | |
| 138 | 138 | | ca-2018 | Perfect in 2 minutes / Parfait en 2 minutes | label | ^off | Green badge on the front photo | | |
| 139 | 139 | | ca-2018 | No artificial flavours, colours & preservatives / Sans arômes, colorants ni agents de conservation artificiels | label | ^off | Printed under the green badge; a declaration, not an independent certification by us | | |
| 140 | 140 | | ca-2020 | Sans agents de conservation | label | ^off | Last line of a claims list at the top edge of the 2020 ingredients photo | | |
| 141 | 141 | <!--/claims--> | |
| 142 | 142 | ||
| 143 | 143 | ## Research gaps <!--research_gaps--> | |
| 144 | 144 | | observation | domain | state | detail | source | | |
| 145 | 145 | | ----------- | ------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | |
| 146 | 146 | | ca-2018 | ingredients | disputed | A French ingredient list photographed with the 2018 front (vegetables grouped, flavour with wheat, soy and milk, sea salt, magnesium sulphate and chloride, garlic) matches neither the maker's 2013 list nor the 2020 photo; the photo does not show which product it belongs to | ^off | | |
| 147 | 147 | | ca-2018 | nutrition | unknown | The 2018 front-of-pack summary is too small in the 874×1200 photo to read beyond 130 Calories and 1.5 g fat | ^off | | |
| 148 | 148 | | ca-2020 | identity | unknown | No country-of-origin statement is visible in the available photos | ^off | | |
| 149 | 149 | | ca-2020 | relationships | unknown | The company imprint on the back is not photographed | ^off | | |
| 150 | 150 | | | markets | unknown | Amazon.ca searched on 2026-09-26 for "uncle ben's bistro express vegetable medley", "ben's original bistro express vegetable medley", "ben's original" and the UPC 058496223113: only the Ben's Original successor pouch (B09CG44ZK7, UPC 058496459420, CAD 2.98) and multipacks of it are listed, not this UPC | ^amazon-ca-succ | | |
| 151 | 151 | | | markets | unknown | Open Food Facts tags France as a country of sale; no French retailer or French market mark supports it, so FR is not listed | ^off | | |
| 152 | 152 | <!--/research_gaps--> | |
| 153 | 153 | ||
| 154 | 154 | ## Research <!--research--> | |
| 155 | 155 | structure_version: 2 | |
| 156 | 156 | reviewed_on: 2026-09-26 | |
| 157 | 157 | note: New entry from the wanted list (named by family/ben-s-original-bistro-express); ingredients and Nutrition Facts transcribed from the Open Food Facts photos, earlier recipe from the maker's archived 2013 Canadian product page, successor UPC from the maker's archived 2024 page and Amazon.ca. | |
| 158 | 158 | <!--/research--> | |
| 159 | 159 | ||
| 160 | + | ## Images <!--images--> | |
| 161 | + | | 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 | | |
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| 163 | + | | front-6881f778.jpg | front | open-food-facts | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0058496223113 | 2026-09-26 | | 0058496223113 | front_en | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/005/849/622/3113/front_en.25.full.jpg | | 2026-09-26T17:44:09.359Z | 0058496223113 | barcode | 1 | 874 | 1200 | 874 | 1200 | | | | |
| 164 | + | | ingredients-c7f3e0ce.jpg | ingredients | open-food-facts | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0058496223113 | 2026-09-26 | | 0058496223113 | ingredients_en | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/005/849/622/3113/ingredients_en.10.full.jpg | | 2026-09-26T17:44:11.899Z | 0058496223113 | barcode | 1 | 2893 | 1728 | 1600 | 956 | | | | |
| 165 | + | | nutrition-78a4c98d.jpg | nutrition | open-food-facts | cc-by-sa-3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0058496223113 | 2026-09-26 | | 0058496223113 | nutrition_en | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/005/849/622/3113/nutrition_en.26.full.jpg | | 2026-09-26T17:44:12.158Z | 0058496223113 | barcode | 1 | 636 | 1084 | 636 | 1084 | | | | |
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| 160 | 168 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 161 | 169 | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 162 | 170 | | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ | --------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------------- | -------- | | |
| 163 | 171 | | off | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0058496223113 | Open Food Facts: Vegetable Medley Rice (0058496223113) | 2026-09-26 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0058496223113 | Photos uploaded 2018-09-02, 2020-03-13, 2020-09-08 and 2020-11-25 | ODbL; photos CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | | | |
| 164 | 172 | | mars-2013 | https://web.archive.org/web/20131107190316/http://www.unclebens.ca/en-ca/products/bistro_express/vegetable_medley_with_peas_carrots_and_corn.aspx?print=true | Uncle Ben's Canada: Vegetable Medley with Peas, Carrots and Corn (Bistro Express, archived 2013-11-07) | 2026-09-26 | Mars Canada | manufacturer | 2013 | | Ingredients; cooking directions | | | | | |
| 165 | 173 | | bens-ca-2024 | https://web.archive.org/web/20240111141301/https://ca.bensoriginal.com/en-ca/products/ready-heat-rice/bens-original-bistro-express-vegetable-medley-rice-250g-pouch | BEN'S ORIGINAL BISTRO EXPRESS Vegetable Medley Rice, 250g (archived 2024-01-11) | 2026-09-26 | Mars Canada | manufacturer | 2024 | 058496459420 | Product structured data, sku | | | | | |
| 166 | 174 | | amazon-ca-succ | https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09CG44ZK7 | BEN'S ORIGINAL BISTRO EXPRESS Vegetable Medley Long Grain Rice Side Dish, 250g Pouch | 2026-09-26 | Amazon.ca | retailer | | B09CG44ZK7 | Product details: UPC 058496459420 | | | | | |
| 167 | 175 | | saveon | https://www.saveonfoods.com/product/uncle-bens-bistro-express-vegetable-medley-rice-00058496223113 | Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice — Save-On-Foods | 2026-09-26 | Save-On-Foods | retailer | | 00058496223113 | | | | | | |
| 168 | 176 | | buggy | https://www.buggy.ca/Uncle-Bens-Bistro-Express-Rice-Vegetable-Medley-250G-Grocery-Delivery--P283317 | Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Rice Vegetable Medley 250G — Buggy | 2026-09-26 | Buggy | retailer | | P283317 | | | | | | |
| 169 | 177 | | gianttiger | https://www.gianttiger.com/products/uncle-bens-bistro-express-vegetable-medley-rice-250-g-3 | Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice, 250-g — Giant Tiger | 2026-09-26 | Giant Tiger | retailer | | 676752 | | | | | | |
| 170 | 178 | | 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 | | | |
| 171 | 179 | | wp-mars-canada | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Canada | Mars Canada | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | | | |
| 172 | 180 | <!--/references--> | |
| 173 | 181 | ||
| 174 | 182 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 175 | 183 | Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley is a 250 g pouch of ready-to-heat seasoned long grain parboiled rice with carrots, peas and corn, sold in Canada with an English and French label.[^off] The 2020 label gives 140 Calories, 2 g fat and 290 mg sodium per 125 mL (90 g) serving, and its seasoning includes modified milk ingredients and a soy sauce powder made with soybean and wheat.[^off] The maker's Canadian site listed the flavour in 2013 as "Vegetable Medley with Peas, Carrots and Corn", with a shorter list using onion and garlic powder and caramel colour, heated in its pouch in the microwave or in a skillet.[^mars-2013] The Canadian brand company is Mars Canada.[^wp-mars-canada] | |
| 176 | 184 | ||
| 177 | 185 | Mars renamed the Uncle Ben's brand Ben's Original in 2020.[^wp-bens] The maker's Ben's Original Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice 250 g pouch carries UPC 058496459420, the barcode Amazon.ca sells it under.[^bens-ca-2024][^amazon-ca-succ] Save-On-Foods still keeps a product page under this barcode.[^saveon] | |
| 178 | 186 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley 250 g <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00058496223113
name: Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley 250 g
name.fr: Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Mélange de légumes 250 g
family: family/ben-s-original-bistro-express
default_observation: ca-2020
summary: 250 g pouch of ready-to-heat seasoned long grain parboiled rice with carrots, peas and corn, 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: 2020-11-25
last_seen_note: Nutrition Facts photo of this pack uploaded to Open Food Facts on 2020-11-25
superseded_by: 00058496459420
superseded_note: Mars Canada's Ben's Original Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice 250 g page (archived 2024-01-11) gives SKU 058496459420, and Amazon.ca sells that pouch under UPC 058496459420 on 2026-09-26; the maker's site no longer names this UPC
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------------- | ------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/mars-canada | CA | | | | sourced | ^wp-mars-canada | Wikipedia lists Ben's Original (formerly Uncle Ben's) among Mars Canada's brands; the maker's Canadian site sold this Bistro Express flavour in 2013 |
| gs1_prefix_owner | company/mars-canada | | | | | derived | ^wp-mars-canada | prefix 0058496, inferred to Mars Canada on its company page; Mars Canada is the brand's Canadian company per Wikipedia |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | -------- |
| CA | printed | as printed on pack | Bilingual English/French label with a Canadian "Nutrition Facts / Valeur nutritive" table giving % Daily Value / % valeur quotidienne; read from the Open Food Facts photos | 2020-11-25 | | | |
| CA | sourced | ^saveon | Save-On-Foods (western Canada) product URL carries GTIN 00058496223113 under the title "Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice" | 2026-09-26 | | | |
| CA | derived | ^buggy | Buggy (Toronto) listing "Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Rice Vegetable Medley 250G" from the Concord Foods store, no barcode printed; the site states it stopped taking delivery orders on 2026-08-15 | 2026-09-26 | new | | CAD 5.45 |
| CA | derived | ^gianttiger | Giant Tiger listing "Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice, 250-g" (SKU 676752), no barcode printed; its photos show the Ben's Original successor pouch, so the listing may be the successor 00058496459420 | 2026-09-26 | new | | CAD 2.74 |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice | name | en | | |
| Bistro Express Mélange de légumes | name | fr | | |
| Vegetable Medley with Peas, Carrots and Corn | name | en | | |
| Vegetable Medley Rice | 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-2020 | | 1 | WATER | known |
| ingredient/parboiled-rice | | label | Long grain | | | CA | | | ^off | rice | ca-2020 | | 2 | LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE | known |
| ingredient/carrot | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | carrots | ca-2020 | | 3 | CARROTS | known |
| ingredient/peas | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | peas | ca-2020 | | 4 | PEAS | known |
| ingredient/maize | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | corn | ca-2020 | | 5 | CORN | known |
| ingredient/canola-oil | | label | Printed as "CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL" | | | CA | | | ^off | canola-oil | ca-2020 | | 6 | CANOLA OIL | known |
| ingredient/sunflower-oil | | label | Printed as "CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL" | | | CA | | | ^off | sunflower-oil | ca-2020 | | 7 | SUNFLOWER OIL | known |
| ingredient/maltodextrin | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | maltodextrin | ca-2020 | | 8 | MALTODEXTRIN | known |
| ingredient/salt | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | salt | ca-2020 | | 9 | SALT | known |
| ingredient/yeast-extract | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | yeast-extract | ca-2020 | | 10 | YEAST EXTRACT | known |
| ingredient/sugar | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | sugar | ca-2020 | | 11 | SUGAR | known |
| ingredient/potassium-chloride | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | potassium-chloride | ca-2020 | | 12 | POTASSIUM CHLORIDE | known |
| ingredient/modified-milk-ingredients | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | milk-ingredients | ca-2020 | | 13 | MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS | known |
| ingredient/soy-sauce | | label | Printed as a powder | | | CA | | | ^off | soy-sauce-powder | ca-2020 | | 14 | SOY SAUCE POWDER | known |
| ingredient/soybeans | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | soybean | ca-2020 | soy-sauce-powder | 15 | SOYBEAN | known |
| ingredient/wheat | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | wheat | ca-2020 | soy-sauce-powder | 16 | WHEAT | known |
| ingredient/salt | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | soy-salt | ca-2020 | soy-sauce-powder | 17 | SALT | known |
| ingredient/guar-gum | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | guar-gum | ca-2020 | | 18 | GUAR GUM | known |
| ingredient/silicon-dioxide | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | silicon-dioxide | ca-2020 | | 19 | SILICON DIOXIDE | known |
| ingredient/flavourings | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | flavour | ca-2020 | | 20 | FLAVOUR | known |
| ingredient/colours | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | colour | ca-2020 | | 21 | COLOUR | known |
| ingredient/xanthan-gum | | label | | | | CA | | | ^off | xanthan-gum | ca-2020 | | 22 | XANTHAN GUM | known |
| ingredient/spices | | label | Printed as "SPICE & SPICE EXTRACTIVES" | | | CA | | | ^off | spice | ca-2020 | | 23 | SPICE | known |
| ingredient/spice-extracts | | label | Printed as "SPICE & SPICE EXTRACTIVES" | | | CA | | | ^off | spice-extractives | ca-2020 | | 24 | SPICE EXTRACTIVES | known |
| ingredient/water | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-water | maker-2013 | | 1 | WATER | known |
| ingredient/parboiled-rice | | label | Long grain | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-rice | maker-2013 | | 2 | LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE | known |
| ingredient/peas | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-peas | maker-2013 | | 3 | PEAS | known |
| ingredient/carrot | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-carrots | maker-2013 | | 4 | CARROTS | known |
| ingredient/maize | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-corn | maker-2013 | | 5 | CORN | known |
| ingredient/canola-oil | | label | Printed as "CANOLA OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL" | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-canola-oil | maker-2013 | | 6 | CANOLA OIL | known |
| ingredient/sunflower-oil | | label | Printed as "CANOLA OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL" | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-sunflower-oil | maker-2013 | | 7 | SUNFLOWER OIL | known |
| ingredient/salt | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-salt | maker-2013 | | 8 | SALT | known |
| ingredient/maltodextrin | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-maltodextrin | maker-2013 | | 9 | MALTODEXTRIN | known |
| ingredient/sugar | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-sugar | maker-2013 | | 10 | SUGAR | known |
| ingredient/yeast-extract | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-yeast-extract | maker-2013 | | 11 | YEAST EXTRACT | known |
| ingredient/onion-powder | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-onion-powder | maker-2013 | | 12 | ONION POWDER | known |
| ingredient/flavourings | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-flavour | maker-2013 | | 13 | FLAVOUR | known |
| ingredient/caramel-colour | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-caramel | maker-2013 | | 14 | CARAMEL COLOUR | known |
| ingredient/garlic-powder | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-garlic-powder | maker-2013 | | 15 | GARLIC POWDER | known |
| ingredient/guar-gum | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-guar-gum | maker-2013 | | 16 | GUAR GUM | known |
| ingredient/spices | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-spice | maker-2013 | | 17 | SPICE | known |
| ingredient/xanthan-gum | | label | | | | CA | | 2013-11-07 | ^mars-2013 | m-xanthan-gum | maker-2013 | | 18 | XANTHAN GUM | 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-2020 | Canadian bilingual Uncle Ben's pouch with portrait (ingredients and Nutrition Facts photos, 2020) | label | CA | | | | 2020-11-25 | supported | INGREDIENTS: WATER, LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE, CARROTS, PEAS, CORN, CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, SUGAR, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS, SOY SAUCE POWDER (SOYBEAN, WHEAT, SALT), GUAR GUM, SILICON DIOXIDE, FLAVOUR, COLOUR, XANTHAN GUM, SPICE & SPICE EXTRACTIVES. INGRÉDIENTS : EAU, RIZ À GRAINS LONGS ÉTUVÉ, CAROTTES, POIS, MAÏS, HUILE DE CANOLA ET/OU HUILE DE TOURNESOL, MALTODEXTRINE, SEL, EXTRAIT DE LEVURE, SUCRE, CHLORURE DE POTASSIUM, SUBSTANCES LAITIÈRES MODIFIÉES, POUDRE DE SAUCE SOJA (FÉVES DE SOJA, BLÉ, SEL), GOMME DE GUAR, DIOXYDE DE SILICIUM, ARÔME, COLORANT, GOMME DE XANTHANE, ÉPICE ET EXTRACTIFS D'ÉPICE. | listed | | ^off | Ingredients photo (2893×1728) uploaded to Open Food Facts on 2020-03-13, printing code 1430709C beside the list; Nutrition Facts photos uploaded 2020-09-08 and 2020-11-25 show the same figures; upload dates are observation dates, not formulation dates | 250 g | | | pouch | |
| ca-2018 | Uncle Ben's pouch front with portrait and a partial French ingredient list (photos uploaded 2018-09-02) | label | CA | fr | | | 2018-09-02 | unconfirmed | INGRÉDIENTS : EAU, RIZ À GRAINS LONGS ÉTUVÉ, LÉGUMES (POIS, MAÏS, CAROTTES), HUILE DE CANOLA ET/OU HUILE DE TOURNESOL, ARÔME (BLÉ, SOJA, LAIT), SEL, EXTRAIT DE LEVURE, SEL MARIN, CHLORURE DE POTASSIUM, GOMME DE GUAR, SULFATE DE MAGNÉSIUM, CHLORURE DE MAGNÉSIUM, ÉPICES, LÉGUME DÉSHYDRATÉ (AIL), GOMME DE XANTHANE. | listed | | ^off | The front photo (874×1200) and a 1757×533 photo of a French ingredient list were uploaded together on 2018-09-02; the list differs from the 2020 photo and the English half is cropped, and the photo shows no product name, so it is kept apart from the product's ingredient rows; the front's small nutrition summary reads 130 Calories and 1.5 g fat per 125 mL (90 g) | 250 g | | | pouch | |
| maker-2013 | Uncle Ben's Canada product page "Vegetable Medley with Peas, Carrots and Corn" (Bistro Express, archived 2013-11-07) | label | CA | en | | | 2013-11-07 | supported | INGREDIENTS: WATER, LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE, PEAS, CARROTS, CORN, CANOLA OIL AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, YEAST EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, FLAVOUR, CARAMEL COLOUR, GARLIC POWDER, GUAR GUM, SPICE, XANTHAN GUM. | listed | | ^mars-2013 | The maker's published ingredient statement for the Bistro Express Vegetable Medley pouch, matched to this UPC by brand, line, variant and pouch format; the page prints no barcode or net content; `until` on its rows is the archive date of the page | | | | pouch | |
<!--/observations-->
## Nutrition panels <!--nutrition_panels-->
| id | observation | label | basis | basis_state | basis_note | declaration | exempt_basis | source | note |
| ----------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------- | ----- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------ | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ca-2020-nft | ca-2020 | Nutrition Facts, per 125 mL (90 g) | 90 g | as_sold | Per 125 mL (90 g) / pour 125 mL (90 g) of the ready-to-heat rice | transcribed | | ^off | Transcribed from the 636×1084 photo uploaded 2020-11-25 and checked against the 514×791 photo of 2020-09-08 |
<!--/nutrition_panels-->
## Nutrition values <!--nutrition_values-->
| panel | nutrient | value | qualifier | value_max | dv_percent | printed_value | state | method | source | note |
| ----------- | --------------- | ----- | --------- | --------- | ---------- | ------------------------------ | ----- | ------- | ------ | --------------------------------- |
| ca-2020-nft | energy_kcal | 140 | exact | | | Calories / Calories 140 | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2020-nft | fat_g | 2 | exact | | 3 | Fat / Lipides 2 g | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2020-nft | saturated_fat_g | 0.2 | exact | | | Saturated / saturés 0.2 g | known | printed | ^off | Saturated + trans 1 % Daily Value |
| ca-2020-nft | trans_fat_g | 0 | exact | | | + Trans / trans 0 g | known | printed | ^off | Saturated + trans 1 % Daily Value |
| ca-2020-nft | cholesterol_mg | 0 | exact | | | Cholesterol / Cholestérol 0 mg | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2020-nft | sodium_mg | 290 | exact | | 12 | Sodium / Sodium 290 mg | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2020-nft | carbohydrate_g | 27 | exact | | 9 | Carbohydrate / Glucides 27 g | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2020-nft | fibre_g | 1 | exact | | 4 | Fibre / Fibres 1 g | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2020-nft | sugars_g | 1 | exact | | | Sugars / Sucres 1 g | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2020-nft | protein_g | 3 | exact | | | Protein / Protéines 3 g | known | printed | ^off | |
| ca-2020-nft | vitamin_a_ug | | | | 0 | Vitamin A / Vitamine A 0 % | known | printed | ^off | Printed as % Daily Value only |
| ca-2020-nft | vitamin_c_mg | | | | 0 | Vitamin C / Vitamine C 0 % | known | printed | ^off | Printed as % Daily Value only |
| ca-2020-nft | calcium_mg | | | | 2 | Calcium / Calcium 2 % | known | printed | ^off | Printed as % Daily Value only |
| ca-2020-nft | iron_mg | | | | 2 | Iron / Fer 2 % | known | printed | ^off | Printed as % Daily Value only |
<!--/nutrition_values-->
## Allergen declarations <!--allergens-->
| observation | allergen | declaration | source | note |
| ----------- | -------- | ----------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ca-2020 | milk | contains | ^off | Named in the ingredient list as "MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS" |
| ca-2020 | soy | contains | ^off | Named in the ingredient list as "SOY SAUCE POWDER (SOYBEAN, …)" |
| ca-2020 | wheat | contains | ^off | Named in the ingredient list inside "SOY SAUCE POWDER (…, WHEAT, …)" |
<!--/allergens-->
## Label claims <!--claims-->
| observation | claim | kind | source | note |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ca-2018 | Perfect in 2 minutes / Parfait en 2 minutes | label | ^off | Green badge on the front photo |
| ca-2018 | No artificial flavours, colours & preservatives / Sans arômes, colorants ni agents de conservation artificiels | label | ^off | Printed under the green badge; a declaration, not an independent certification by us |
| ca-2020 | Sans agents de conservation | label | ^off | Last line of a claims list at the top edge of the 2020 ingredients photo |
<!--/claims-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| ca-2018 | ingredients | disputed | A French ingredient list photographed with the 2018 front (vegetables grouped, flavour with wheat, soy and milk, sea salt, magnesium sulphate and chloride, garlic) matches neither the maker's 2013 list nor the 2020 photo; the photo does not show which product it belongs to | ^off |
| ca-2018 | nutrition | unknown | The 2018 front-of-pack summary is too small in the 874×1200 photo to read beyond 130 Calories and 1.5 g fat | ^off |
| ca-2020 | identity | unknown | No country-of-origin statement is visible in the available photos | ^off |
| ca-2020 | relationships | unknown | The company imprint on the back is not photographed | ^off |
| | markets | unknown | Amazon.ca searched on 2026-09-26 for "uncle ben's bistro express vegetable medley", "ben's original bistro express vegetable medley", "ben's original" and the UPC 058496223113: only the Ben's Original successor pouch (B09CG44ZK7, UPC 058496459420, CAD 2.98) and multipacks of it are listed, not this UPC | ^amazon-ca-succ |
| | markets | unknown | Open Food Facts tags France as a country of sale; no French retailer or French market mark supports it, so FR is not listed | ^off |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-26
note: New entry from the wanted list (named by family/ben-s-original-bistro-express); ingredients and Nutrition Facts transcribed from the Open Food Facts photos, earlier recipe from the maker's archived 2013 Canadian product page, successor UPC from the maker's archived 2024 page and Amazon.ca.
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ | --------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| off | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0058496223113 | Open Food Facts: Vegetable Medley Rice (0058496223113) | 2026-09-26 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0058496223113 | Photos uploaded 2018-09-02, 2020-03-13, 2020-09-08 and 2020-11-25 | ODbL; photos CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| mars-2013 | https://web.archive.org/web/20131107190316/http://www.unclebens.ca/en-ca/products/bistro_express/vegetable_medley_with_peas_carrots_and_corn.aspx?print=true | Uncle Ben's Canada: Vegetable Medley with Peas, Carrots and Corn (Bistro Express, archived 2013-11-07) | 2026-09-26 | Mars Canada | manufacturer | 2013 | | Ingredients; cooking directions | | | |
| bens-ca-2024 | https://web.archive.org/web/20240111141301/https://ca.bensoriginal.com/en-ca/products/ready-heat-rice/bens-original-bistro-express-vegetable-medley-rice-250g-pouch | BEN'S ORIGINAL BISTRO EXPRESS Vegetable Medley Rice, 250g (archived 2024-01-11) | 2026-09-26 | Mars Canada | manufacturer | 2024 | 058496459420 | Product structured data, sku | | | |
| amazon-ca-succ | https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09CG44ZK7 | BEN'S ORIGINAL BISTRO EXPRESS Vegetable Medley Long Grain Rice Side Dish, 250g Pouch | 2026-09-26 | Amazon.ca | retailer | | B09CG44ZK7 | Product details: UPC 058496459420 | | | |
| saveon | https://www.saveonfoods.com/product/uncle-bens-bistro-express-vegetable-medley-rice-00058496223113 | Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice — Save-On-Foods | 2026-09-26 | Save-On-Foods | retailer | | 00058496223113 | | | | |
| buggy | https://www.buggy.ca/Uncle-Bens-Bistro-Express-Rice-Vegetable-Medley-250G-Grocery-Delivery--P283317 | Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Rice Vegetable Medley 250G — Buggy | 2026-09-26 | Buggy | retailer | | P283317 | | | | |
| gianttiger | https://www.gianttiger.com/products/uncle-bens-bistro-express-vegetable-medley-rice-250-g-3 | Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice, 250-g — Giant Tiger | 2026-09-26 | Giant Tiger | retailer | | 676752 | | | | |
| 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 Vegetable Medley is a 250 g pouch of ready-to-heat seasoned long grain parboiled rice with carrots, peas and corn, sold in Canada with an English and French label.[^off] The 2020 label gives 140 Calories, 2 g fat and 290 mg sodium per 125 mL (90 g) serving, and its seasoning includes modified milk ingredients and a soy sauce powder made with soybean and wheat.[^off] The maker's Canadian site listed the flavour in 2013 as "Vegetable Medley with Peas, Carrots and Corn", with a shorter list using onion and garlic powder and caramel colour, heated in its pouch in the microwave or in a skillet.[^mars-2013] The Canadian brand company is Mars Canada.[^wp-mars-canada]
Mars renamed the Uncle Ben's brand Ben's Original in 2020.[^wp-bens] The maker's Ben's Original Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice 250 g pouch carries UPC 058496459420, the barcode Amazon.ca sells it under.[^bens-ca-2024][^amazon-ca-succ] Save-On-Foods still keeps a product page under this barcode.[^saveon]
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