Is Chef's Choice Thai Chili Pasta ultra-processed?

220 g Cooking helpers Sold in Sweden

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Sauce

16 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed cooking helpers

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

Röd chili 26%, schalottenlök, vitiök, socker (processing marker), tamarind, SOJAbönolja, vatten, salt (processing marker), SOJAsås (processing marker) (vatten, SOJAbönor, vete, salt (processing marker), socker (processing marker)), surhetsregulator (Citronsyra)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Röd chili 26%, schalottenlök, vitiök, socker, tamarindjuice, SOJAbönolja, vatten, salt, SOJAsås (vatten, SOJAbönor, VETE, salt, socker), surhetsregulator (Citronsyra).

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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 219 cooking helpers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 73% of the cooking helpers 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 219 cooking helpers, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0093856991622, last edited 2 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.