Is Kohinoor Tikka Masala Cooking Sauce ultra-processed?

375 g Tikka masala sauce 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:

Modified starch

15 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed tikka masala sauce

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, Tomato Puree 22%, Cream Milk, Sugar (processing marker), Desiccated Coconut 1.9%, Refined Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Garlic 1.3%, Coriander Leaves, Modified Tapioca Starch (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Ginger, Garam Masala, Fenugreek Leaves 0.2%, Red Chilli

As written on the pack

Water, Onion, Tomato Puree (22%), Cream Milk, Sugar, Desiccated Coconut (1.9%), Refined Sunflower Oil, Garlic (1.3%), Coriander Leaves, Modified Tapioca Starch, Salt, Ginger, Garam Masala, Fenugreek Leaves (0.2%) & Red Chilli Powder.

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.

Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 tikka masala sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 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 5056617600022, last edited 15 April 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.