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Is BOL Coconut lentil turmeric daal ultra-processed?

450 g Vegetable sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of BOL Coconut lentil turmeric daal

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 A

Less processed meal sauces

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, Chickpeas 17%, Lentils 7%, Potato 11%, Coconut Cream 6%, Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Citric Acid), Onion (Onions, Rapeseed Oil), Tomato Paste, Spinach 3%, Garlic, Ginger, Lemon Juice, Cumin, Turmeric, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Coriander, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Chillies

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Chickpeas (17%), Lentils (7%), Potato (11%), Coconut Cream (6%), Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Roasted Onion Puree (Onions, Rapeseed Oil), Tomato Paste, Spinach (3%), Garlic, Ginger, Lemon Juice, Cumin, Turmeric, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Coriander, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Chillies

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 vegetable sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 9% of the vegetable sauces 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 11 vegetable sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060430291848, last edited 14 May 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.