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Is Gymkhana Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce ultra-processed?

Tikka masala sauce Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Gymkhana Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed sauces

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

Tomatoes, Onion, Cream, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Butter, Milk, Garlic, Cashew Nuts, Sugar, Salt, Ginger, Kashmiri Chilli Powder, Coriander Leaves, Green Chilli, Dried Fenugreek Leaves, Coriander, Turmeric, Garam Masala, Cardamom Allergens in Bold, NUTRITION Typical Values Per 100g Energy Fat 462kJ

As written on the pack

Tomatoes, Onion, Cream (Milk), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Butter (Milk), Milk Solids (Milk), Garlic, Cashew Nuts (Nuts), Sugar, Salt, Ginger, Kashmiri Chilli Powder, Coriander Leaves, Green Chilli, Dried Fenugreek Leaves, Ground Coriander, Turmeric, Garam Masala, Cardamom Allergens in Bold. NUTRITION Typical Values Per 100g Energy Fat 462kJ/

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 tikka masala sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 90% of the tikka masala sauce 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 20 tikka masala sauce, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5065015354826, last edited 23 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.