Is it ultra-processed?
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Condiment pastes, from least to most processed

We track 17 condiment pastes, 35% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Thai Taste Green Curry Paste.

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What makes condiment pastes ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of condiment pastes that contain each:

Processed food (11)

  1. 1 Thai Taste Green Curry Paste Thai Taste · 200 g 3
  2. 2 Yellow Curry Paste Mae Ploy · 400 g 3
  3. 3 Tikka Masala Curry Paste The Spice Tailor · 120 g 3
  4. 4 Thai green curry Blue dragon 3
  5. 5 Medium Spice Paste Patak's · 135g 3
  6. 6 Thai Green Curry Paste Lidl 3
  7. 7 Green Thai curry paste Bart · 90g 3
  8. 8 Korma spice paste Patak's · 290g 3
  9. 9 Jalfrezi Spice Paste Patak's 3
  10. 10 Mild Curry Spice Paste Patak's · 283? 3
  11. 11 Patak's Madras Spice Paste Patak's · 283g 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 12 4 Thai Red Curry Paste Shots M&S Food 4
  2. 13 Chinese Curry Sauce Concentrate Golden Harvest · 405g 4
  3. 14 Nasi Goreng Paste Marks & Spencer · 190 4
  4. 15 Tikka Masala Spice Paste Patak's 4
  5. 16 Garlic paste Santa Maria · 80 g 4
  6. 17 Wasabi Vitasia · 43 g 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.