Tikka masala sauce, from least to most processed

We track 20 tikka masala sauce, 90% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce.

What makes tikka masala sauce ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of tikka masala sauce that contain each:

Processed food (2)

  1. 1 Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce Gymkhana NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Tikka masala sauce Iceland NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (18)

  1. 3 Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce Kohinoor · 375 g NOVA group 4
  2. 4 Tikka Masala Indian Simmer Sauce Maya Kaimal · 12.5 oz (354 g) NOVA group 4
  3. 5 Tikka Masala Loyd Grossman · 350g NOVA group 4
  4. 6 Tikka Masala Curry Sauce Trader Joe's · 8.8 oz (250 g) NOVA group 4
  5. 7 Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce Taste of India · 500 g NOVA group 4
  6. 8 Tikka masala sauce Waitrose · 450 g NOVA group 4
  7. 9 Tesco Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce 500G Tesco · 500 g NOVA group 4
  8. 10 Pataks Tikka Sauce 450g Patak's · 450 g NOVA group 4
  9. 11 Reduced Fat Tikka Masala Curry Sauce Sharwood's · 420g NOVA group 4
  10. 12 Tikka Masala cooking sauce Specially Selected · 360 g NOVA group 4
  11. 13 Tikka Masala Mild Curry Sauce Sharwood's · 420 g NOVA group 4
  12. 14 Tikka Masala cooking sauce Lidl · 500 g NOVA group 4
  13. 15 Recyclable Pack Recyclable Pack Recyclable Pack Se Schwartz NOVA group 4
  14. 16 Low fat tikka masala cooking sauce Tesco · 500 g NOVA group 4
  15. 17 Tikka Masala Bilash · 500 g NOVA group 4
  16. 18 Tikka masala Spice Magic · 360g NOVA group 4
  17. 19 Tikka Masala 2 Step Cooking Sauce Deluxe · 360g NOVA group 4
  18. 20 ICA Tikka Masala ICA · 480 g NOVA group 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.