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Is Mayflower medium curry sauce mix ultra-processed?

1pcs Curry sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Mayflower medium curry sauce mix

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed curry sauces

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

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Vegetable Oils (Palm Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), Curry Powder (Coriander, Turmeric, Mustard, Bengal Gram Farina, Cumin, Chillies, Fenugreek, Black Pepper, Garlic, Fennel, Poppy Seeds), Sugar, Salt, e621, Tomato Purée

Additives: E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)], Vegetable Oils [Palm, Rapeseed], Curry Powder [Coriander, Turmeric, Mustard, Bengal Gram Farina, Cumin, Chillies, Fenugreek, Black Pepper, Garlic, Fennel, Poppy Seeds], Sugar, Salt, Flavour Enhancer E621, Tomato Purée

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.

  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
3 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.
  • 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 89 curry sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 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 5019520001508, last edited 29 August 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.