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Is Lidl Deluxe Vindaloo ultra-processed?

260 g Sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lidl Deluxe Vindaloo

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 46 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

A spicy tomato and onion curry sauce with a blend of aromatic spices and coriander Ingredients Water, Tomato 7%, Onion 5%, Rapeseed Oil, Barley Malt Vinegar, Crushed Tomato 3%, Spice Cap 3% (Rice Flour, Coriander, Onion, Garlic, Cumin, Sugar, Ginger, Cardamom, Turmeric, Dried Fenugreek Leaf, Fenugreek, Black Pepper, Anti-Caking Agent (Tricalcium Phosphate), Turmeric Extract, Flavouring), Concentrated Tomato Purée 3%, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Garlic Purée, Ginger, Coriander 1.5%, Cumin, Dried Onion 0.7%, Colour (Paprika Extract), Chilli, Paprika, Salt, Chilli, Cinnamon, Turmeric, Star Anise, Fenugreek, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Black Pepper, Clove, eving Montains Allergy Advice

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341iii Tricalcium phosphate

As written on the pack

A spicy tomato and onion curry sauce with a blend of aromatic spices and coriander Ingredients Water, 7% Tomato, 5% Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Barley Malt Vinegar, 3% Concentrated Crushed Tomato, 3% Spice Cap (Rice Flour, Coriander, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Cumin, Sugar, Ginger, Cardamom, Turmeric, Dried Fenugreek Leaf, Fenugreek, Black Pepper, Anti-Caking Agent: Tricalcium Phosphate; Turmeric Extract, Flavouring), 3% Concentrated Tomato Purée, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, 1.5% Coriander, Cumin, 0.7% Dried Onion, Colour: Paprika Extract, Chilli, Paprika, Salt, Chilli Flakes, Cinnamon, Turmeric, Star Anise, Fenugreek, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Black Pepper, Clove. eving Montains Allergy Advice

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,962 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2733rd. 60% of the sauces 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 2,962 sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489852704, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.