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Is Deep Indian Kitchen Butter Chicken ultra-processed?

Butter chicken Sold in the United States

Pack of Deep Indian Kitchen Butter Chicken

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:

  • 46 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed butter chicken

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

White Meat Chicken, Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Salt), Water, Onions, Heavy Cream, Yogurt (Grade A Cultured Pasteurized Whole Milk, Skim Milk, Milk Protein Concentrate, Active Yogurt, Probiotic Cultures), Butter, Canola Oil, Garlic, Sugar, Spices, Lemon Juice (Water, Concentrated Lemon Juice), Salt, Potato Starch, Syrup Blend (Rice Syrup, Grape Juice), Cashews, Tapioca Starch, Cilantro, Paprika Oleoresin, Fenugreek Leaves, Natural Flavor (Yeast Extract, Natural Flavor), Tomato, Vinegar, Mango, rice, Water, Basmati Rice, Canola Oil, Salt, Cumin Seeds (Cashews), Milk

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

White Meat Chicken, Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Salt), Water, Onions, Heavy Cream, Yogurt (Grade A Cultured Pasteurized Whole Milk & Skim Milk, Milk Protein Concentrate, Active Yogurt & Probiotic Cultures), Butter, Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil, Garlic, Sugar, Spices, Lemon Juice (Water, Concentrated Lemon Juice), Salt, Potato Starch, Syrup Blend (Rice Syrup, Grape Juice), Cashews, Tapioca Starch, Cilantro, Paprika Oleoresin, Fenugreek Leaves, Natural Flavor (Yeast Extract, Natural Flavor), Tomato Powder, Vinegar, Mango Powder. RICE - Water, Basmati Rice, Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil, Salt, Cumin Seeds. CONTAINS: Tree Nuts (Cashews), Milk

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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 10 butter chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 50% of the butter chicken 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 10 butter chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011433135702, last edited 17 July 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.