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Is Blue dragon Thai green curry ultra-processed?

Green curry pastes Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Blue dragon Thai green curry

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

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

Coconut Cream, Garlic 10%, Palm Sugar, Shallot 9%, Green Chillies 9%, Lemongrass 6%, Galangal 5%, Yeast Extract Powder, Sweet Basil 2%, Salt, Lime 2%, Coriander Seeds, Sugar, White Pepper, Turmeric, Antioxidant (e306)

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Coconut Cream, Garlic (10%), Palm Sugar, Shallot (9%), Green Chillies (9%), Lemongrass (6%), Galangal (5%), Yeast Extract Powder, Sweet Basil (2%), Salt, Lime Peel (2%), Coriander Seeds, Sugar, White Pepper, Turmeric, Antioxidant (E306).

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 green curry pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 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 5010338304072, last edited 6 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.