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Meal sauces, from least to most processed

We track 134 meal sauces, 37% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Iesso Tesco Green Curry Paste A Taste Of Thailand.

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What makes meal sauces ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Iesso Tesco Green Curry Paste A Taste Of Thailand Tesco 1
  2. 2 madras curry paste Jamie Oliver · 180g 1

Processed culinary ingredient (1)

  1. 3 2 Korma Paste Pots Patak's · 140 g 2

Processed food (82)

  1. 4 Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Marks & Spencer · 340 g e 3
  2. 5 sugo al pomodoro Crosta & Mollica 3
  3. 6 Salsa picante mexican sauce Valentina 3
  4. 7 Italian sun ripened tomato & fresh basil pasta sauce Mr Organic · 350g 3
  5. 8 Premium Organic Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Paesana · 25 oz 3
  6. 9 Finkrossade Tomater Med Basilika ICA · 390g 3
  7. 10 Tomato Basil Rao's Homemade · 24 oz 3
  8. 11 Tomato and basil sauce Waitrose · 350g 3
  9. 12 Red Curry Paste Thai Taste · 200 g 3
  10. 13 Red curry paste Thai Kitchen · 4 oz 3
  11. 14 Red Curry Paste Kanokwan Food Products Co. Ltd · 50 g 3
  12. 15 Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Simply Nature 3
  13. 16 Thai Taste Green Curry Paste Thai Taste · 200 g 3
  14. 17 San Marzano Blend Low Sodium Marinara Pasta Sauce The Silver Palate · 708g 3
  15. 18 Tomato & Basil Sauce Loyd Grossman · 350g 3
  16. 19 Tomato and Basil Sauce Loyd Grossman 3
  17. 20 Basilico Pasta Sauce Filipp Beria · 340g 3
  18. 21 Sun-Ripened Cherry Tomato & Basil Heinz · 350g 3
  19. 22 Tomato and Chilli Loyd Grossman · 350 g 3
  20. 23 Mae ploy Red curry paste 400g Mae Ploy · 400 g 3
  21. 24 Tomato & Chilli Sauce Loyd Grossman · 350 g 3
  22. 25 Tesco Tomato and Basil Sauce 350G Tesco · 350 g 3
  23. 26 Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Morrisons 3
  24. 27 Thai Red curry paste 400 g 3
  25. 28 Organic Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce 365 Whole Foods Market 3
  26. 29 Tomato Basil Marinara Trader Giotto's · 25 oz 3
  27. 30 Punjabi Tomato Curry The Spice Tailor · 300g 3
  28. 31 Tomato Roasted Garlic Pasta Sauce Loyd Grossman · 350 g 3
  29. 32 Rogan Josh préparation The Spice Tailor · 300 g 3
  30. 33 Tomato and Red wine Loyd Grossman · 350 g 3
  31. 34 Green Curry Paste Mae Ploy · 400g 3
  32. 35 Tomato & Mascarpone Sauce Asda 3
  33. 36 Tomatoe stir in Tesco 3
  34. 37 Yellow Curry Paste Mae Ploy · 400 g 3
  35. 38 Tomato & mascarpone pasta sauce Marks & Spencer · 350 g 3
  36. 39 Vegan Tomato, Basil & Oregano Pasta Sauce Zest · 340g 3
  37. 40 DRAGON THAI 「泰龍 THAI NAGA THAI GREEN Net Wt: CURRY 3
  38. 41 Tomato & Basil Loyd Grossman 3
  39. 42 Tomato & Chilli Loyd Grossman · 350 g 3
  40. 43 Thai Red Curry Paste Ayam · 195 g 3

Showing the first 40 of 82. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (49)

  1. 86 Basilico Barilla · 400 g 4
  2. 87 Tomato & Basil Botticelli 4
  3. 88 Base per Bolognese Barilla · 400.0 g 4
  4. 89 Tomato and basilic pasta sauce Essential Waitrose 4
  5. 90 Mild Salsa Dip Snackrite · 300g 4
  6. 91 Chunky Salsa Tostitos · 15.5 oz (439.4 g) 4
  7. 92 GREEN curry paste Valcom · 210g 4
  8. 93 Bold Thai Red Paste Waitrose & Partners 4
  9. 94 Korma curry paste Ready · 185g 4
  10. 95 Tomato & Basil Barilla · 24 oz (680 g) 4
  11. 96 Chunky Mushroom Pasta Sauce Cucina · 500g 4
  12. 97 Tomato Basil Garlic Prego 4
  13. 98 M&s -Food- Tikka Paste Marks & Spencer · 180g 4
  14. 99 4 Thai Red Curry Paste Shots M&S Food 4
  15. 100 Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce Classico · 24 oz 4
  16. 101 Tomato & Basil stir-in pasta sauce Baresa 4
  17. 102 Thai Green Curry Paste Potts · 200 g 4
  18. 103 Thai Green Curry Paste M&S Food · 190 g 4
  19. 104 Chinese Curry Sauce Concentrate Golden Harvest · 405g 4
  20. 105 Thai Red Curry Paste Aldi 4
  21. 106 Thai Green Curry Bluetooth Diamond Almond · 253g 4
  22. 107 Green Curry Cooking Sauce Tesco · 340 g 4
  23. 108 Tikka Masala Spice Paste Patak's 4
  24. 109 THAI RED CURRY paste Blue Dragon · 170g 4
  25. 110 Kebabsås Röd & Het Garant · 250 ml 4
  26. 111 Thai green curry sauce 4
  27. 112 Pastasås Basilika Monte Castello · 480 g 4
  28. 113 Basil Pasta Sauce Gustibus · 400 g 4
  29. 114 Pastasås Vitlök Monte Castello · 480 g 4
  30. 115 Tikka Masala Curry Paste Bilash · 185 g 4
  31. 116 Thai Green Curry Paste Aldi 4
  32. 117 creamy tomato everything bake M&S · 500g 4
  33. 118 Korma curry paste Aldi · 190 g 4
  34. 119 Thai Massaman Curry Paste Lidl Taste Of 4
  35. 120 Thai Red Curry Lidl · 200g 4
  36. 121 Thai Inspired Red Curry Spice Paste INSPIRED TO COOK by Sainsbury's 4
  37. 122 Crunchy Chili Onion Trader Joe's · 6 oz 4
  38. 123 red curry paste Tesco · 180g 4
  39. 124 Green Thai Curry Paste Tesco · 200g 4
  40. 125 Fragrant Tikka Curry Paste Sainsburys 4

Showing the first 40 of 49. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

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.