Is Lazy Vegan Tikka Masala ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 40 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cooked rice 25% (water, rice), tomato 15%, plant-based 11% (water, pea protein 3%, pea fibre (ultra-processing marker), natural flavours (ultra-processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), spices), cauliflower 10%, red onion 9%, chickpeas 8%, spinach 7%, carrots 7%, coconut milk 4% (coconut, water), coconut oil (processing marker), garlic, ginger, red chilli pepper, coriander, rapeseed oil, Coconut, coriander seed, salt (processing marker), curcuma, cumin, cinnamon, black pepper, mustard seed, cardamom, cayenne pepper, fenugreek, poppy seeds, fennel
As written on the pack
Cooked rice (25%) (water, rice), tomato (15%), plant-based pieces (11%) (water, pea protein (3%), pea fibre, natural flavours, sunflower oil, salt, Sugar, spices), cauliflower (10%), red onion (9%), chickpeas (8%), spinach (7%), carrots (7%), coconut milk (4%) (coconut extract, water), coconut oil, garlic, ginger, red chilli pepper, coriander, rapeseed oil, ground Coconut, coriander seed powder, salt, curcuma, cumin, cinnamon, black pepper, mustard seed, cardamom, cayenne pepper, fenugreek, poppy seeds, fennel.
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8719747260494, 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.