Is Aldi KORMA Mild & Creamy ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 24 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, single cream 5%, sugar (processing marker), desiccated coconut 4%, creamed coconut (processing marker) 4%, modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), rapeseed oil, double cream 2.5%, concentrated tomato purée, spices 1% (cumin, fennel, coriander, turmeric, star anise, cardamom), dried onion, ginger, salt (processing marker), garlic purée, acid (lactic acid), concentrated lemon juice, coriander leaf
Additives: E270 Lactic acid
As written on the pack
water, single cream (5%) (milk), sugar, desiccated coconut (4%), creamed coconut (4%), modified maize starch, rapeseed oil, double cream (2,5%) (milk), concentrated tomato purée, ground spices (1%) (cumin, fennel, coriander, turmeric, star anise, cardamom), dried onion, ginger purée, salt, garlic purée, acid: lactic acid, concentrated lemon juice, coriander leaf,
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.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
Among 2,964 sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1555th. 60% of the sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600161907, last edited 7 May 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.