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Ben's Original Bistro Express Vegetable Medley 250 g pouch
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Canada
250 g microwavable pouch of ready-to-heat seasoned long grain parboiled rice with carrots, peas and corn, sold in Canada under the Ben's Original name and labelled Made in Canada.
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058496459420Where to buy
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Other observations & source differences (4)
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- Canadian bilingual Ben's Original pouch with "Perfect in 2 minutes" badge (front, ingredients and Nutrition Facts photos, 2021–2025) supported · Compare evidence
Front and Nutrition Facts photos uploaded to Open Food Facts on 2021-10-22 and again on 2025-11-03 (best before 09/26, lot code beside the barcode 1501973), ingredients photo (2758×3585) uploaded 2022-07-16; both Nutrition Facts photos show the same figures and the 2025 photo shows the start of the same ingredient list; Amazon.ca reproduces the same list under this UPC; upload dates are observation dates, not formulation dates
- Ben's Original pouch front with Health Canada "High in sodium" symbol and ":90 seconds" badge (Giant Tiger product photo) unconfirmed · Compare evidence
Retailer product photo of the Bistro Express Vegetable Medley 250 g pouch showing a newer front than the Open Food Facts photos; the listing prints no barcode, so the photo is not tied to this UPC by the source
- Mars Canada product page "BEN'S ORIGINAL BISTRO EXPRESS Vegetable Medley Rice, 250g" supported · Compare evidence
The maker's current Canadian page for this pouch; its archived 2024-01-11 copy gives SKU 058496459420
- Evidence awaiting context review unconfirmed · selected
Product facts
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- Also named
- Ben's Original Bistro Express Mélange de légumes 250 g (fr)
- Brand
- Ben's Original
- Ultimately owned by
- Mars, Incorporated (🇺🇸 United States)
- Category
- Food/Beverage, Prepared/Preserved Foods, Grain Based Products / Meals, Grain Based Products / Meals - Ready to Eat - Savoury (Shelf Stable)
- Net content
- 250 g
- Pack
- pouch
- Last observed on sale
- 2026-09-26
- Last sale evidence
- Amazon.ca listing under this UPC at 2.98 CAD, sold by Amazon.ca, read 2026-09-26
- Made in
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- GS1 prefix
- 005 · United States and Canada
- Status
- active
Who owns it
Ben's Original ↗Made in Canada · owned from the United States
- Ultimately owned by
- Mars, Incorporated · United States
- Chain
- Ben's Original → Mars, Incorporated
- Made in
- Canada
Sources for each tie
- Ben's Original → Mars, IncorporatedWikipedia ↗
The ownership drawing
No company above it
owns
What the sources say about these ties
- Mars, Incorporated owns
- Introduced by Converted Rice Inc., now owned by Mars, Inc.
Built from the ownership rows on the brand and company pages, each cited where it is recorded. Made in is the country of production on this product's record; the GS1 prefix of a barcode names the issuing organisation, not where the product was made.
About this product
Ben's Original Bistro Express Vegetable Medley is a 250 g microwavable pouch of ready-to-heat seasoned long grain parboiled rice with carrots, peas and corn, sold in Canada with an English and French label and a "Made in Canada" badge.[2] Its seasoning combines yeast extract, salt, dried onion and garlic, lactose, dried soy sauce and turmeric, so the rice contains milk, soy and wheat.[2] One pouch gives 360 Calories, 5 g fat and 540 mg sodium, 23 % of the daily value.[2] The maker describes it as heating in 90 seconds in the microwave or in a skillet, with no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives.[3] The brand's Canadian company is Mars Canada, which Amazon.ca names as manufacturer of this UPC.[4][5]
It succeeded the Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley pouch after Mars renamed the Uncle Ben's brand Ben's Original in 2020; the maker's 2024 product page gives this UPC as its SKU.[6][7] The Uncle Ben's label listed canola and/or sunflower oil, maltodextrin and modified milk ingredients, where this one lists canola oil and lactose.[8][2] A newer front shown by Giant Tiger carries Health Canada's "High in sodium" front-of-package symbol and a 90-second badge.[9]
Where it's sold
- Amazon.ca [5] Canada CAD 2.98 · new Amazon.ca listing B09CG44ZK7 prints UPC 058496459420 and GTIN 00058496459420, ships from and sold by Amazon.ca; country of origin Canada · made in Canada
- Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice, 250-g — Gi [9] Canada CAD 2.74 · new Giant Tiger listing "Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice, 250-g" (SKU 676752), no barcode printed; its product photo shows the Ben's Original Bistro Express Vegetable Medley 250 g pouch
- Bilingual English/French pouch with TM/MC marks, a "Made in Canada / Fait au Canada" badge and a Canadian Nutrition Facts / Valeur nutritive table; read from the Open Food Facts photos[1] Canada Made in Canada
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Other sizes and containers of Ben's Original Bistro Express
32 on record · pouch unless noted · all sold in Canada
Other names for this product
Also known as
- Bistro Express Mélange de légumes fr
- Ben's Original Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice en
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
Recorded source
Source & attribution [1] ↗Open Food Facts
Open Food Facts: Vegetable Medley (0058496459420)
catalogue · Accessed 2026-09-26
Source & attribution [2] ↗Mars Canada
BEN'S ORIGINAL BISTRO EXPRESS Vegetable Medley Rice, 250g
manufacturer · Accessed 2026-09-26
Source & attribution [3] ↗Coverage & research gaps (9)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Context: 3 / 4 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 3 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- Canadian bilingual Ben's Original pouch with "Perfect in 2 minutes" badge (front, ingredients and Nutrition Facts photos, 2021–2025): nutrient evidence: 13 / 13 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
- relationships · unknown: The company imprint on the back is not photographed
- nutrition · unknown: The newer front with the Health Canada sodium symbol is shown only by a retailer photo; its Nutrition Facts table and barcode are not photographed
- 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.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ as printed on pack
- ↑ Open Food Facts: Vegetable Medley (0058496459420) Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-26. Record: 0058496459420. Photos uploaded 2021-10-22, 2022-07-16 and 2025-11-03. ODbL; photos CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.
- ↑ BEN'S ORIGINAL BISTRO EXPRESS Vegetable Medley Rice, 250g Mars Canada. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-26. Product description; features and benefits.
- ↑ Mars Canada Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-26. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
- ↑ BEN'S ORIGINAL BISTRO EXPRESS Vegetable Medley Long Grain Rice Side Dish, 250g Pouch Amazon.ca. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-26. Record: B09CG44ZK7. Price; ingredients; product details (UPC, GTIN, country of origin, manufacturer).
- ↑ Ben's Original Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-26. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
- ↑ BEN'S ORIGINAL BISTRO EXPRESS Vegetable Medley Rice, 250g (archived 2024-01-11) Mars Canada. manufacturer. Published 2024-01-11. Accessed 2026-09-26. Record: 058496459420. Product structured data, sku.
- ↑ Open Food Facts: Vegetable Medley Rice (0058496223113) Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-26. Record: 0058496223113. Ingredients photo uploaded 2020-03-13. ODbL; photos CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.
- ↑ Uncle Ben's Bistro Express Vegetable Medley Rice, 250-g — Giant Tiger Giant Tiger. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-26. Record: 676752. Price; product photo.
Barcode & identifiers
- GTIN-14
00058496459420- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
0058496459420- UPC-A / GTIN-12
058496459420
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