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Indian-style sauces, from least to most processed

We track 33 indian-style sauces, 73% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Spicy Tarka Lentil Daal.

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What makes indian-style sauces ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of indian-style sauces that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (1)

  1. 1 Spicy Tarka Lentil Daal 400 g 1

Processed food (8)

  1. 2 Butter chicken Kohinoor · 375 g 3
  2. 3 Butter Chicken Cooking Sauce KFI · 650 ml 3
  3. 4 Spicy Vindaloo Maya Kaimal · 12.5oz 3
  4. 5 Chickpea and veggie korma Earth Grown · 285 g 3
  5. 6 Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce Gymkhana 3
  6. 7 Punjabi Choley Ashoka · 280g 3
  7. 8 Karahi Curry Sauce TESCO Finest · 340g 3
  8. 9 Tikka masala paste Waitrose · 180 g 3

Ultra-processed food (24)

  1. 10 Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce Kohinoor · 375 g 4
  2. 11 Tikka Masala Indian Simmer Sauce Maya Kaimal · 12.5 oz (354 g) 4
  3. 12 Tikka Masala Loyd Grossman · 350g 4
  4. 13 Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce Potts · 300g 4
  5. 14 Tikka Masala Spice Paste Patak's 4
  6. 15 2 Tikka Masala Paste Pots Patak's · 70g 4
  7. 16 Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce Taste of India · 500 g 4
  8. 17 Classic Korma Curry The Spice Tailor · 300 g 4
  9. 18 Korma cooking sauce Morrisons · 500 g 4
  10. 19 taste the difference old Delhi style Butter chicken Sainsbury's · 340g 4
  11. 20 Tesco Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce 500G Tesco · 500 g 4
  12. 21 Pataks Tikka Sauce 450g Patak's · 450 g 4
  13. 22 Reduced Fat Tikka Masala Curry Sauce Sharwood's · 420g 4
  14. 23 Tikka Masala Rich & Creamy Curry Kit Patak's 4
  15. 24 Tikka Masala cooking sauce Specially Selected · 360 g 4
  16. 25 Butter Chicken sauce Aldi 4
  17. 26 Butter Chicken Sauce Tesco · 500g 4
  18. 27 Tikka Masala Mild Curry Sauce Sharwood's · 420 g 4
  19. 28 Tikka Masala cooking sauce Lidl · 500 g 4
  20. 29 Deliciously Vegan Korma Sharwood's · 420g 4
  21. 30 Low fat tikka masala cooking sauce Tesco · 500 g 4
  22. 31 Specially selected Rich & Aromatic korma Aldi 4
  23. 32 Tikka Masala 2 Step Cooking Sauce Deluxe · 360g 4
  24. 33 Balti spice and sauce 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.