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Is Passage Toindia Korma sauce simmer ultra-processed?

Sauces Sold in Australia and France

Pack of Passage Toindia Korma sauce simmer

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

from passagef water, vegetables, spices, desiccated coconut, cashew 2%, salt, acid (citric acid), vegetable gums (guar, xanthan), store unopened in a cool, dry place manufactured by (passage foods pty ltd 91-97 woodlands drive braeside), victoria 3195 australia www.passagefoods.com.au imported in eu and ireland by (rodrigo's fine foods kanturk p51 woy3 co, cork, www.rodrigosfinefoods.com imported in uk by), worldwide food associates 1 3 2 5 7 6 7 0

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

from passagef water, vegetables, spices, desiccated coconut, cashew (2%), salt, acid (citric acid), vegetable gums (guar, xanthan), spice extract contains: cashew, milk. may contain: peanut. store unopened in a cool, dry place manufactured by: passage foods pty ltd 91-97 woodlands drive braeside, victoria 3195 australia www.passagefoods.com.au imported in eu & ireland by: rodrigo's fine foods kanturk p51 woy3 co. cork. ireland www.rodrigosfinefoods.com imported in uk by: worldwide food associates 1 3 2 5 7 6 7 0

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,962 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1642nd. 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 9325763000052, last edited 18 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.