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Is Aldi Coconut and lemongrass stir fry sauce ultra-processed?

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Pack of Aldi Coconut and lemongrass stir fry sauce

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, creamed coconut 22% (Coconut, Water), Ginger, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Rice Wine Vinegar, lemongrass (296), Sugar, Lime Juice, Coriander, Red Chilli, Lime Leaf, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Wheat Flour, Turmeric, Coriander

As written on the pack

Water, CREAMED COCONUT (22%) (Coconut Extract, Water), Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Rice Wine Vinegar, LEMONGRASS (296), Sugar, Lime Juice, Coriander, Red Chilli, Lime Leaf Powder, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Wheat Flour, Ground Turmeric, Ground Coriander.

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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061464769656, last edited 26 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.