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Is Aldi Thai Green Curry Paste ultra-processed?

Curry pastes Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed curry pastes

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

water, onion, rapeseed oil, lemongrass 6%, fish sauce (anchovies, salt, sugar, water), garlic purée, green chillies 5%, green peppers, modified maize starch, sugar, galangal, lime leaves 2%, thai basil 2%, spices (coriander, cumin, cardamom), coriander leaf, acidity regulator (citric acid sal colour), chlorophylls and chlorophyllins

Additives: E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins

As written on the pack

water, onion, rapeseed oil, lemongrass (6%), fish sauce (anchovies (fish), salt, sugar, water), garlic purée, green chillies (5%), green peppers, modified maize starch, sugar, galangal, lime leaves (2%), thai basil (2%), ground spices (coriander, cumin, cardamom), coriander leaf, acidity regulator: citric acid sal colour: chlorophylls and chlorophyllins, allergy advice:

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.

  • E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins 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.
  • 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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 77 curry pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 43% of the curry pastes 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 77 curry pastes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061462488566, last edited 2 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.