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Is Plants Cauliflower & Lentil Dahl ultra-processed?

300g Vegetable based frozen ready-made meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Plants Cauliflower & Lentil Dahl

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cauliflower 16%, Water, Carrots 13%, Desiccated Coconut, Onions, Red Lentils 7%, Spinach 4.6%, Apricots 4%, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Puree, Curry (Turmeric, Coriander, Mustard Seeds, Onion, Garlic, Cumin, Ginger, Fenugreek, Fennel, Salt, Chilli, Black Pepper), Salt, Smoked Paprika, Mustard Seeds, Cornflour, Turmeric, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Roasted Cauliflower (16%), Water, Carrots (13%), Desiccated Coconut, Onions, Red Split Lentils (7%), Spinach (4.6%), Apricots (4%), Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Puree, Curry Powder (Turmeric, Coriander, Mustard Seeds, Onion, Garlic, Cumin, Ginger, Fenugreek, Fennel, Salt, Chilli, Black Pepper), Salt, Smoked Paprika, Mustard Seeds, Cornflour, Ground Turmeric, Black Pepper.

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.

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 9 vegetable based frozen ready-made meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 56% of the vegetable based frozen ready-made meals 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 9 vegetable based frozen ready-made meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060482842883, last edited 9 June 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.