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Is Pure Power Massaman chicken curry ultra-processed?

400g Meals with chicken Sold in Ireland

Pack of Pure Power Massaman 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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Yellow Rice 37%, Chicken Breast 25%, Water, Coconut Milk, Green Beans, Sweet Potato, Massaman Curry Paste (Lemongrass, Garlic, Red Chilli, Shallot, Salt, Galangal, Shrimp Paste (shrimp, Salt), Coriander Seed, Cumin, Kaffir Lime peel, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Nutmeg), Water, Honey, Maize Starch, Salt, Pepper

As written on the pack

Yellow Rice (37%), Chicken Breast (25%), Water, Coconut Milk, Green Beans, Sweet Potato, Massaman Curry Paste (Lemongrass 22.0%, Garlic 19.0%, Dried Red Chilli 14.0%, Shallot 14.0%, Salt 12.0%, Galangal 7.5%, Shrimp Paste 5.0% (SHRIMP 83.0%, Salt 17%), Coriander Seed 3.3%, Cumin 1.0%, Kaffir Lime peel 1.0%, Cardamom 0.5%, Cinnamon 0.5%, Nutmeg 0.2%), Water, Honey, Maize Starch, Salt, 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5391533130056, last edited 2 April 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.