Is Holland & Barrett curry cauliflower bites ultra-processed?

171 g Vegetables based foods Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Holland & Barrett curry cauliflower bites

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed vegetables based foods

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

Chickpeas 41% (Water, Chickpeas), Cauliflower 7%, Onion, Spinach, Rapeseed Oil, Peas, Carrot, Black Turtle Bean, Potato Flake, Apricots, Mung Beans (Mung Beans, Water), Garlic, Water, Ginger, Cumin, Coriander, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Coriander, Salt (processing marker), Golden Linseed, Parsley, Madras Curry Powder (Paprika, Garlic, Chilli, Coriander, Cumin, Ground Ginger, Ground Tumeric, Clove, Fennel, Cassia, Cardamon), Ground Tumeric, Green Cardamom, Clove, Chilli, Fennel

As written on the pack

Chickpeas (41%) (Water, Chickpeas), Cauliflower (7%), Onion, Spinach, Rapeseed Oil, Peas, Carrot, Black Turtle Bean, Potato Flake, Apricots, Mung Beans (Mung Beans, Water), Garlic Granules, Water, Ginger, Ground Cumin, Ground Coriander, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Coriander, Salt, Golden Linseed, Parsley, Madras Curry Powder (Ground Paprika, Garlic Powder, Chilli Powder, Ground Coriander, Ground Cumin, Ground Ginger, Ground Tumeric, Ground Clove, Ground Fennel, Ground Cassia, Ground Cardamon), Ground Tumeric, Ground Green Cardamom, Ground Clove, Crushed Chilli, Ground Fennel.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

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

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,389 vegetables based foods

From least to most processed, this one ranks 842nd. 25% of the vegetables based foods 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 1,389 vegetables based foods, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059604656255, last edited 28 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.