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Is Bart Green Thai curry paste ultra-processed?

90g Green curry pastes Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Bart Green Thai curry paste

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Green Chilli 27%, Water, Lemongrass, Rapeseeu OIl, Onion, Fish Sauce (Anchovy, Salt, Sugar), Garlic, Coriander Leaf, Lime Leaves, Coriander, Lime Juice Concentrate (Lime Juice, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite)), Ginger, Spirit Vinegar, Cornflour

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite

As written on the pack

Green Chilli (27%), Water, Lemongrass, Rapeseeu OIl, Onion, Fish Sauce (Anchovy Extract (Fish). Salt, Sugar), Garlic. Coriander Leaf, Lime Leaves, Ground Coriander. Lime Juice Concentrate (Lime Juice, Preservative: Sodium Metabisulphite), Ginger, Spirit Vinegar. Cornflour,

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 green curry pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 36% of the green 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 14 green curry pastes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 50726837, last edited 25 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.