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Is Cook Yellow Vegetable Curry ultra-processed?

Lemons Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Cook Yellow Vegetable Curry

No, it's a kitchen staple

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

It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.

  • 38 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed lemons

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Coconut Milk (Coconut, Water), Red Onion 13%, Red Peppers 13%, Butternut Squash 11%, Onion 10%, Water, Yellow Peppers 7%, Green Beans 5%, Cashew Nuts 4%, Rapeseed Oil, Light Soy Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Salt, Wheat Flour, Potassium Sorbate), Cornflour, Sugar, Salt, Garlic, Lime Juice, Coriander, Tamarind Paste (Water), Turmeric, Lemongrass Paste (Lemon Juice, Salt), Milled Lime Leaves, Lime, Ginger, Red Chilli, this product defrost, efrigerated and eat 48 hours, Follow the ave instructions but r 4 mins, stir then a 3 mins

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate

As written on the pack

Coconut Milk (Coconut Extract, Water), Red Onion (13%), Red Peppers (13%), Butternut Squash (11%), Onion (10%), Water, Yellow Peppers (7%), Green Beans (5%), Cashew Nuts (4%), Rapeseed Oil, Light Soy Sauce (Water, Soya Beans, Salt, Wheat Flour, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate), Cornflour, Sugar, Salt, Garlic, Lime Juice, Coriander, Tamarind Paste (Water), Turmeric, Lemongrass Paste [Sulphites] (Lemon Juice, Salt), Milled Lime Leaves, Lime Zest, Ginger Puree, Red Chilli. this product defrost, efrigerated and eat 48 hours. Follow the ave instructions but r 4 mins, stir then a 3 mins.

Why it is in group 2

Category rules

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

  • Fats Products in the category "Fats" are at least group 2.
  • Salts Products in the category "Salts" are at least group 2.
  • Sugars Products in the category "Sugars" are at least group 2.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 lemons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 23% of the lemons 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 13 lemons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5056517319697, 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.