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Is Blue Dragon Katsu Curry Paste ultra-processed?

170 g Sold in the United Kingdom and Israel

Pack of Blue Dragon Katsu 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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Onion, Carrot Purée 9%, Mango Purée 9%, Rapeseed Oil, Soy Sauce (Water, SOYA Beans, Salt, wheat), Sugar, Ginger 5%, Spices, Spices, Turmeric 0.8%, Coriander, Garlic, Ginger, Cinnamon, Cloves, Star 3%, Yeast Extract, Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Salt, Onion

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Water, Onion Purée, Carrot Purée (9%), Mango Purée (9%), Rapeseed Oil, Soy Sauce Extract (Water, Defatted SOYA Beans, Salt, Roasted WHEAT), Sugar, Ginger Purée (5%), Spices (Spices, Turmeric (0.8%), Coriander, Garlic, Ginger, Cinnamon, Cloves, Star (3%), Yeast Extract, Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Salt, Onion Powder.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010338301620, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.