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Is Aldi Specially selected Rich & Aromatic korma ultra-processed?

Indian-style sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Specially selected Rich & Aromatic korma

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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, onion, tomato, sugar, creamed coconut 6%, rapeseed oil, single cream 4%, yogurt 3%, spice cap seasoning 3%, rice flour, onion, maltodextrin, cardamom, sugar, clove, mace, white pepper, chilli, anti-caking agents (calcium phosphates), silicon dioxide, bay leaf, turmeric extract, paprika extract, rapeseed oil, skimmed milk powder, desiccated coconut 2%, modified maize starch, ground almonds 19%, acidity regulator (lactic acid), curry (coriander, turmeric, cumin, salt, garlic, fenugreek, chilli, ginger, fennel), ginger, garlic purée, salt, cumin, coriander, fennel, paprika extract, cardamom, turmeric powder

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

water, onion purée, tomato, sugar, creamed coconut (6%), rapeseed oil, single cream (4%) (milk), yogurt (3%) (milk), spice cap seasoning (3%) (rice flour, onion powder, maltodextrin, cardamom powder, sugar, clove powder, mace, white pepper, chilli powder, anti-caking agents: calcium phosphates, silicon dioxide, ground bay leaf, turmeric extract, paprika extract, rapeseed oil, skimmed milk powder, desiccated coconut (2%), modified maize starch, ground almonds (19%), acidity regulator: lactic acid, curry powder (coriander, turmeric, cumin, salt, garlic, fenugreek, chilli, ginger, fennel), ginger purée, garlic purée , salt, cumin powder, coriander powder, fennel powder, paprika extract, cardamom powder, turmeric 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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
6 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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 33 indian-style sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 73% of the indian-style sauces 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 33 indian-style sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600054339, last edited 28 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.