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Is Iceland Tikka masala sauce ultra-processed?

Tikka masala sauce Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Iceland Tikka masala 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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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

water, onions 23%, fat-free yogurt, tomato paste, red peppers 6%, garlic purée, ginger, maize starch, coriander, salt, herbs, cumin seed, paprika, turmeric powder, chilli, garlic, onion, acidity regulator (citric acid), clove, cassia, lemon oil, low in saturated fat, reducing consumption of saturated fat contributes to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels, enjoy as part of a varied, balanced diet and healthy lifestyle, allergy advice for allergen, see underlined ingredient in bold, our promise if you're not happy with this product, we will cheerfully replace it and refund your money, and that's a promise! please call 0800 328 0800, packed for iceland foods ltd, ch5 2nw, uk and iceland stores ireland ltd, unit 250, corporate park 2, blanchardstown, ďublin 15, 9310 id60702f sleeve recycle pot recycle 5 010482 607029 c lid recycle mee, no o p m buil sip o p.no c

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E330 Citric acid

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E250 Sodium nitrite.

As written on the pack

water, onions (23%), fat-free yogurt (milk) (10%), tomato paste, red peppers (6%), garlic purée, ginger purée, maize starch, ground coriander, salt, herbs, ground cumin seed, paprika, turmeric powder, chilli powder, garlic powder, onion powder, acidity regulator (citric acid), clove powder, cassia, lemon oil. low in fat. low in saturated fat. reducing consumption of saturated fat contributes to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels. enjoy as part of a varied, balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. allergy advice for allergen, see underlined ingredient in bold. our promise if you're not happy with this product, we will cheerfully replace it or refund your money - and that's a promise! please call 0800 328 0800. packed for iceland foods ltd, ch5 2nw, uk & iceland stores ireland ltd, unit 250, corporate park 2, blanchardstown, ďublin 15. 9310 id60702f sleeve recycle pot recycle 5 010482 607029 c lid recycle mee. no o p m buil sip o p.no c

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 tikka masala sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 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 5010482607029, last edited 27 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.