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Is Aldi Plant Menu Cauliflower Dhal Cauliflower Dhal ultra-processed?

300g Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Aldi Plant Menu Cauliflower Dhal Cauliflower Dhal

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Tomato, Cauliflower, Yellow Split Peas, Coconut Milk, Red Lentils, Onion, Garlic Purée, Waxy Maize Starch, Spices (Turmeric), Cumin, Coriander, White Pepper, Rapeseed Oil, Ginger, Sugar, Lime Juice, Salt, Garam Masala (Coriander, Cumin, Cinnamon, Star Anise, Black Pepper, Ginger, Pimento, Cardamom, Bay, Nutmeg, Cloves), Coriander, Bay Leaf, Chilli, Energy Fat of which sat Carbohydra of which s Fibre Protein Salt BEST STOR consu Pack

As written on the pack

Water, Tomato, Cauliflower, Yellow Split Peas, Coconut Milk, Red Lentils, Onion, Garlic Purée, Waxy Maize Starch, Ground Spices: (Turmeric, Cumin, Coriander, White Pepper); Rapeseed Oil, Ginger, Sugar, Lime Juice, Salt, Garam Masala Powder (Coriander, Cumin, Cinnamon, Star Anise, Black Pepper, Ginger, Pimento, Cardamom, Bay, Nutmeg, Cloves), Dried Coriander, Bay Leaf, Chilli Flakes. Energy Fat of which sat Carbohydra of which s Fibre Protein Salt BEST STOR consu Pack

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600531120, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.