Is Golden Harvest Chinese Curry Sauce Concentrate ultra-processed?

405g Curry pastes Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E621 Monosodium glutamate

28 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed curry pastes

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

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Curry Powder 12% (Coriander, Turmeric, Cumin, Gram Flour, Salt (processing marker), Fenugreek, Black Pepper, Chilli, Garlic, Fennel Seed, Mustard, Star Anise), Salt (processing marker), Water, Monosodium Glutamate (ultra-processing marker) (e621), Coconut Cream 1.5%, Onion Powder, Spice 0.5%

Additives: E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Curry Powder (12%) (Coriander, Turmeric, Cumin, Gram Flour, Salt, Fenugreek, Black Pepper, Chilli, Garlic, Fennel Seed, Mustard, Star Anise), Salt, Water, Flavour Enhancer: Monosodium Glutamate (E621), Coconut Cream (1.5%), Onion Powder, Spice (0.5%).

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.

E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 77 curry pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 52nd. 43% of the curry pastes 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 77 curry pastes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5013499000036, last edited 1 October 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.