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Is Charlie Bigham's Penang Chicken Curry ultra-processed?

800g Chicken curry Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Charlie Bigham's Penang Chicken Curry

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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 23%, coconut cream (coconut, water), onions, rapeseed oil, ginger, tamarind chutney (jaggery, tamarind, cumin, salt, acidity regulator (acetic acid), black pepper, cardamom, chillies, cinnamon, cloves, ginger), lemon juice, lime juice, cornflour, honey, lemongrass, garlic purée, salt, lime leaves, pectin, turmeric, coriander, cumin, parsley, chillies, red pepper

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Cooked rice (water, rice), chicken (23%), coconut cream (coconut, water), onions, rapeseed oil, ginger purée, tamarind chutney (jaggery, tamarind, cumin, salt, acidity regulator: acetic acid, black pepper, cardamom, chillies, cinnamon, cloves, dried ginger), lemon juice, lime juice, cornflour, honey, lemongrass, garlic purée, salt, lime leaves, pectin, ground turmeric, ground coriander, ground cumin, parsley, chillies, red pepper flakes.

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
4 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.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 chicken curry

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 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 5033665216368, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.