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Is Lidl Korma Cooking Sauce ultra-processed?

Curry sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Lidl Korma Cooking Sauce

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

blend of y ingredients water, single cream 14%, tomato, sugar, modified maize starch, creamed coconut 2%, spices 2% (cumin, fennel, coriander, turmeric, star anise, cardamom), ginger, garlic purée, whey protein, desiccated coconut 1%, dried onion, salt, acid (lactic acid), concentrated lemon juice, %

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

blend of y ingredients water, 14% single cream (milk), tomato, ains sugar, modified maize starch, 2% creamed coconut, 2% spices (cumin, fennel, coriander, turmeric, star anise, cardamom), ginger purée, garlic purée, whey protein concentrate (milk), 1% desiccated coconut, dried onion, salt, acid: lactic acid, concentrated lemon juice, %

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.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 89 curry sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 53rd. 67% of the curry 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 89 curry sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489852667, 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.