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Is Charlie Bigham Thai Red chicken curry & fragrant rice ultra-processed?

418g Chicken curry Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Charlie Bigham Thai Red chicken curry & fragrant rice

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 54 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed chicken curry

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

Cooked rice (water, rice), chicken 18%, coconut, water, onions, rapeseed oil, bamboo shoots, edamame beans, lemon juice, ginger, demerara sugar, fish sauce (anchovy, salt, sugar), onions, lime leaves, cornflour, lime juice, lemongrass, garlic purée, salt, galangal, red chillies, basil, garlic, coriander, shallots, red chillies, paprika, cumin, lime, white pepper, coriander, fennel seeds, sunflower oil, cardamom, shrimp, coriander seed, star anise, colour (paprika extract), turmeric, curry (coriander seed, turmeric, cumin, fennel seed, galangal), cinnamon, black pepper, nutmeg

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Cooked rice (water, rice), chicken (18%), coconut, water, onions, rapeseed oil, bamboo shoots, edamame beans (soya), lemon juice, ginger purée, demerara sugar, fish sauce (anchovy extract (fish), salt, sugar), onions, lime leaves, cornflour, lime juice, lemongrass, garlic purée, salt, galangal, red chillies, basil, garlic, coriander, shallots, dried red chillies, paprika, ground cumin, lime peel, white pepper, ground coriander, ground fennel seeds, sunflower oil, ground cardamom, shrimp (crustaceans), coriander seed, ground star anise, colour: paprika extract, ground turmeric, curry powder (coriander seed, turmeric, cumin, fennel seed, galangal), cinnamon, black pepper, nutmeg.

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.
5 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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 chicken curry

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 61% of the chicken curry 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 18 chicken curry, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5033665212520, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.