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Uncle Ben's Converted Original Long Grain Rice 900 g 900 g box

Canadian English/French 900 g box of Uncle Ben's Converted Original parboiled long grain rice, sold under the Mars brand renamed Ben's Original in 2020.

Barcode 058496010157

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Other observations & source differences (2)

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Product facts

Barcode
058496010157 check digit OK
Net content
900 g
Pack
box

About this product

Uncle Ben's Converted Original is parboiled long grain rice in a 900 g cardboard box with an English and French Canadian label; its only ingredient is long grain parboiled rice, and the front promises it is ready in 20 minutes.[2][3] The archived Barcodepedia of 2008 already listed this UPC as a 900 g Uncle Ben's Converted rice.[4] Converted rice is another name for parboiled rice, made by soaking, steaming and drying the grain in the husk, a process that moves thiamine from the bran into the grain.[5] Uncle Ben's belongs to Mars, Incorporated, whose Canadian company Mars Canada, formerly Effem Inc., sells the brand from Bolton, Ontario.[6][7]

More about this product

The brand was first marketed in 1943 and was renamed Ben's Original in 2020, dropping the portrait shown on this box; Mars Food Canada said the renamed packs were widely available in Canada by November 2021.[6][8]

Where it's sold

🇨🇦 Canada

Metro[1] derived

Listing observed

Metro's product URL is keyed on this UPC and titled "Converted Long grain rice" in search results, but the page answers a bot challenge (HTTP 403), so name, size and price are unread. Walmart.ca lists "Uncle Ben's Original Converted Rice, 900g" with no barcode, out of stock (^walmart); its "Ready in 10 minutes" bullet differs from this box's 20 minutes, so it may describe another article. The pack carries the bilingual Canadian "Nutrition Facts / Valeur nutritive" table.

A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price.

Other names for this product

Also known as

  • Uncle Ben's Converted Original Long Grain Rice en
  • Uncle Ben's Converted Original riz à grains longs fr

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Metro

Metro: Converted Long grain rice (URL keyed on UPC 058496010157)

retailer · Accessed 2026-09-14

Source & attribution [1] ↗

Front, ingredient side and Nutrition Facts panel of the 900 g box (Open Food Facts photos 1-3 uploaded 2018-09-20; photos 4-5 uploaded 2020-01-29 show the same front and panel)

pack · Accessed 2026-09-14

Source & attribution [2] ↗

Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts: Riz a long grains, uncle ben's, 900g

catalogue · Accessed 2026-09-14

Source & attribution [3] ↗
Coverage & research gaps (8)

Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.

  • Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
  • Context: 1 / 2 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
  • Label photographs: 0 / 1 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
  • Uncle Ben's Converted Original 900 g box, English/French Canadian label (photos 2018-09-20 and 2020-01-29): nutrient evidence: 11 / 11 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
  • relationships · unknown: The "Imported by / Importé par" block under the ingredient list is cut off in the only photo of that side, so the importer, its address and any origin statement are unread; no imported_by, manufactured_by or country_of_origin is recorded.
  • identity · unknown: Whether this UPC survived the 2020 rename is unsourced: Mars Canada says Ben's Original packs were widely on Canadian shelves by November 2021, and current Canadian retailers list a 907 g Ben's Original Converted box, but no source links that article's barcode to this one; status, last_seen and superseded_by are left blank.
  • relationships · unknown: No source names the registrant of U.P.C. company prefix 0 58496; the gs1_prefix_owner row is derived, and the prefix is not added to any company stub.
  • nutrition · schema_gap: Vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron, thiamine and niacin are printed only as % Daily Value, and thiamine and niacin have no nutrient key; they are kept in the panel note.
  • evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
  • schema · schema_gap: Review and assign legacy facts to coherent observations.
  • ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
  • nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
All references & source details

References

  1. Metro: Converted Long grain rice (URL keyed on UPC 058496010157) Metro. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 058496010157.
  2. Front, ingredient side and Nutrition Facts panel of the 900 g box (Open Food Facts photos 1-3 uploaded 2018-09-20; photos 4-5 uploaded 2020-01-29 show the same front and panel) pack. Accessed 2026-09-14. Front; ingredients side; nutrition panel. CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.
  3. Open Food Facts: Riz a long grains, uncle ben's, 900g Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 0058496010157. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
  4. Barcodepedia (archived 2008): Uncle Ben's Converted Original Natural Long Grain Rice Barcodepedia. catalogue. Published 2008-12-02. Accessed 2026-09-14. Record: 058496010157. Upstream: upcdatabase.com.
  5. Parboiled rice Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-14. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
  6. Ben's Original Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-14. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
  7. Mars Canada Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-14. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
  8. Ben's Original Products Now Widely Available Across Canada Mars Canada. manufacturer. Published 2021-11-18. Accessed 2026-09-14.

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Barcode & identifiersBarcode 058496010157
GTIN-14
00058496010157
EAN-13 / GTIN-13
0058496010157
UPC-A / GTIN-12
058496010157
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