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Is Morrisons Korma cooking sauce ultra-processed?

500 g Indian-style sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and Lithuania

Pack of Morrisons 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed indian-style 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

Water, Single cream, Coconut 6%, tomato purée, Modified maize starch, Sugar, Dried onion, Desiccated coconut, Spices, Whey powder, Rapeseed oil, lactic acid, Garlic purée, Ginger, Salt, Coriander, Nutrition Typical values per 1, jar (as sold), per, %RI your R Energy 8400k

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

500g Water, Single cream (milk) (8%), Coconut (6%), Reconstituted tomato purée, Modified maize starch, Sugar, Dried onion, Desiccated coconut, Spices, Whey powder (milk), Rapeseed oil, Acidity regulator (lactic acid), Garlic purée, Ginger purée, Salt, Coriander. Allergy advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Nutrition Typical values per 1/4 jar (as sold) per 100g (125g) %RI your R Energy 8400k 446kJ

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 33 indian-style sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 73% of the indian-style 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 33 indian-style sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010525091402, 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.