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Is Aldi 83 £3 Ready, Set... Cook That Massaman Curry Meal ultra-processed?

272 g Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi 83 £3 Ready, Set... Cook That Massaman Curry Meal

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

coconut milk 74% (Coconut, Water), massaman curry paste 22% (Shallots, Water, Lemongrass, Galangal, Chilli, Coriander, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Salt, Garlic, Cumin, Makrut Lime Leaf, Tamarind Paste, Coriander Seeds, Nutmeg, Cardamom, White Pepper, Cinnamon, Star Anise), roasted peanuts 3.5%, Thai Dried Herbs, Spices (Chilli, Dried Makrut Lime Leaf)

As written on the pack

COCONUT MILK (74%) (Coconut Extract, Water), MASSAMAN CURRY PASTE (22%) (Shallots, Water, Lemongrass, Galangal, Dried Chilli, Coriander, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Salt, Garlic, Cumin, Makrut Lime Leaf, Tamarind Paste, Coriander Seeds, Nutmeg, Cardamom, White Pepper, Cinnamon, Star Anise), ROASTED PEANUTS (3.5%), Thai Dried Herbs and Spices (Dried Chilli, Dried Makrut Lime Leaf). ALLERGY ADVICE:

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 79% of the meals with chicken here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600398747, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.