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Is Especially Selected Madras ultra-processed?

Curry sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Especially Selected Madras

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:

  • 55 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

water, onion (1996), tomato 12% (tomato, firming agent (calcum chloride), acidity regulator (citric acid)), rapeseed oil, tomato paste 5%, garlic purée, ginger, sugar, spice cap seasoning (3%6), rice fhour, coriander seeds, sugar, tomato, onion, chilli, garlic, ginger powder, turmeric, white pepper cumin, anti-caking agents (tricalcium phosphate), silicon dionide fennel seed, bay leaf, paprika extract, clove, turmeric extract, ginger, clove, black pepper, dill, coriander, modihed maze starch, cumin, turmeric powder, salt, concentrated lemon juice, chilli 0.5%, white pepper, fenugicen leaf, adity regulator (citric acid), no artfical colours, flavourings, preservatives, best before end (see side of jar), me opened, refrigerate and use within 3 days 4088600054322 sccomd

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341iii Tricalcium phosphate

As written on the pack

water, onion (1996), tomato (12%) (tomato, firming agent: calcum chloride, acidity regulator: citric acid), rapeseed oil, tomato paste (5%), garlic purée, ginger purée, sugar, spice cap seasoning (3%6) rice fhour, ground coriander seeds, sugar, tomato powder, onion powder, chilli powder, garlic powder, ginger powder, turmeric, white pepper cumin, anti-caking agents: tricalcium phosphate, silicon dionide fennel seed, bay leaf, paprika extract, clove, turmeric extract, ginger, clove, ground black pepper, dill), coriander powder, modihed maze starch, cumin powder, turmeric powder, salt, concentrated lemon juice, chilli flakes (0,5%), ground white pepper, fenugicen leaf, adity regulator: citric acid, no artfical colours, flavourings or preservatives, best before end: see side of jar, me opened, refrigerate and use within 3 days 4088600054322 sccomd

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Firming agent Firming agents keep fruit and vegetable tissue crisp or firm through processing and storage.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 89 curry sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 83rd. 67% of the curry sauces 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 89 curry sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600054322, last edited 7 June 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.