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Is Marks & Spencer Fruity Chicken Curry ultra-processed?

400 g Chicken curry Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencer Fruity Chicken Curry

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Long Grain Rice 39% (Water, Long Grain Rice), Chicken Breast 17%, Water, Single Cream, Onions, Tomato Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Sultanas, Apricot Purée, Coconut Milk (Coconut, Water), Sugar, Tapioca Starch, Low Fat Yogurt, Spices (Coriander, Turmeric, Black Pepper, Coriander, Cumin, Smoked Paprika, Cinnamon, Mace, Green Cardamom, Chilli, Ginger Cloves, Fennel, Nutmeg, Bay Leaves), Lemon Juice, Salt, Cornflour, Ginger, Coriander, Mango, Garlic Purée

As written on the pack

Cooked Long Grain Rice (39%), (Water, Long Grain Rice), Chicken Breast (17%), Water, Single Cream (Milk), Onions, Tomato Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Sultanas, Apricot Purée, Coconut Milk (Coconut Extract, Water), Sugar, Tapioca Starch, Low Fat Yogurt (Milk), Ground Spices (Coriander, Turmeric, Black Pepper, Roasted Coriander, Roasted Cumin, Smoked Paprika, Cinnamon, Mace, Roasted Green Cardamom Seeds, Chilli Powder, Ginger Cloves, Fennel, Nutmeg, Bay Leaves), Lemon Juice, Salt, Cornflour, Ginger Purée, Coriander, Dried Mango, Garlic Purée.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 chicken curry

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 61% of the chicken curry 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 18 chicken curry, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00942720, last edited 21 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.