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Is Aldi Butter Chicken ultra-processed?

460 g Butter chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Butter Chicken

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 95 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed butter chicken

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

chicken 40% (Chicken Breast, Yogurt, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Paprika, Garlic Purée, Ginger, Cornflour, Green Chilli, Salt, Coriander, Cumin, Coriander, Chilli, Colour (Paprika Extract), Fenugreek Leaf, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Mace, Turmeric Powder, Cumin, Ginger Powder, Ground Cloves, Fennel, Ground Nutmeg, Bay Leaf, White Pepper), Water, Skimmed Milk, Onion, Whipping Cream, Tomato Paste, Honey, Butter, Garlic Purée, Unsalted Butter, Ginger, Rapeseed Oil, Cashew Nut, Coriander Leaf, Paprika, Salt, Dried Fenugreek Leaf, Cumin, Almond, Tandoori Masala Powder (Paprika, Salt, Coriander, Turmeric, Cumin, Cinnamon, Cloves, White Pepper, Bay Leaf, Chilli), Cumin, Garam Masala (Coriander, Cumin, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Mace, Ginger, Cloves, Fennel, Nutmeg, Bay Leaf), Coriander, Coriander, Cardamom, Ground Mace, Cardamom, Turmeric Powder, Coriander, Cumin, Coriander, Turmeric, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, Cardamom, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Ground Mace, Ginger Powder, Ground Cloves, Fennel, Nutmeg, Bay Leaf, White Pepper, Chilli

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

CHARGRILLED MARINATED CHICKEN (40%) (Chicken Breast, Yogurt (Milk), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Paprika, Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Cornflour, Green Chilli Purée, Salt, Roasted Coriander, Roasted Cumin, Coriander, Chilli Powder, Colour: Paprika Extract; Fenugreek Leaf Powder, Cinnamon, Ground Black Pepper, Roasted Cardamom, Mace, Turmeric Powder, Ground Cumin, Ginger Powder, Ground Cloves, Ground Fennel, Ground Nutmeg, Dried Bay Leaf, Ground White Pepper), Water, Skimmed Milk, Onion, Whipping Cream (Milk), Tomato Paste, Honey, Butter (Milk), Garlic Purée, Unsalted Butter (Milk), Ginger Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Ground Cashew Nut, Coriander Leaf, Paprika, Salt, Dried Fenugreek Leaf, Cumin, Roasted Almond Flakes, Tandoori Masala Powder (Paprika, Salt, Dried Coriander, Turmeric, Cumin, Cinnamon, Cloves, White Pepper, Dried Bay Leaf, Chilli Powder), Cumin Powder, Roasted Garam Masala Powder (Roasted Coriander, Roasted Cumin, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Roasted Cardamom, Mace, Ginger, Cloves, Fennel, Nutmeg, Dried Bay Leaf), Ground Coriander, Coriander Powder, Ground Cardamom, Ground Mace, Cardamom Powder, Turmeric Powder, Roasted Coriander, Roasted Cumin, Coriander, Ground Turmeric, Cinnamon, Ground Black Pepper, Roasted Cardamom Powder, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Ground Mace, Ginger Powder, Ground Cloves, Fennel Powder, Nutmeg Powder, Dried Bay Leaf, Ground White Pepper, Chilli Powder

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 butter chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 50% of the butter 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 10 butter chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061463657947, last edited 13 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.