Is Burman's Tikka Masala Curry Sauce ultra-processed?

70 g Curry sauces Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
E160c Paprika extract

21 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed curry 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

tomato paste, canola oil, food starch (processing marker), modified contans ngredients (water), tomato, onion, cream, yogurt, cultured whole milk shmet e5s of spices, sugar (processing marker), garlic, ginger, salt (processing marker), paprika, lactic acid, turmeric cmn seeds, paprika oleoresin (ultra-processing marker) (color (ultra-processing marker)), cilantro, mustard

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

tomato paste, canola oil, food starch - modified contans ngredients: water, tomato, onion, cream (milk), yogurt (cultured whole milk shmet e5s of spices, sugar, garlic, ginger, salt, paprika, lactic acid, turmeric cmn seeds, paprika oleoresin (color), dried cilantro leaf, mustard, contains milk, may contain peanuts, tree nuts,

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 89 curry sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 67% of the curry 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 89 curry sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100079159, last edited 8 January 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.