Is Aldi Thai green curry kit ultra-processed?

253 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Thai green curry kit

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

coconut milk (coconut, water), green curry paste (garlic, green chilli, lemongrass, onions, ginger, salt (processing marker), galangal, rice bran oil (processing marker), coriander, kaffir lime peel, sugar (processing marker), cumin, coriander seeds, black pepper), thai dried herbs (chilli, basil, kaffir lime leaf)

As written on the pack

coconut milk (coconut extract, water), green curry paste (garlic, green chilli, lemongrass, onions, ginger, salt, galangal, rice bran oil, coriander, kaffir lime peel, sugar, cumin powder, dried coriander seeds, black pepper), thai dried herbs (chilli, basil, kaffir lime leaf)

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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600294285, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.