Is S&B Curry sauce with vegetables ultra-processed?

210 g Curry sauces Sold in the United States and Thailand

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate

29 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

Water, vegetables (potato, carrot, onion), wheat flour, edible oils (palm oil, rapeseed oil), sugar (processing marker), onion, potato paste, hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate (ultra-processing marker), curry, yeast extract, salt (processing marker), tomato paste, onion, caramel, spices (cardamom, nutmeg, fennel, clove, star anise, ginger, celery seed, mustard), garlic

Additives: E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate

As written on the pack

Water, vegetables(potato, carrot, onion), wheat flour, edible oils(palm oil, rapeseed oil), sugar, sauteed onion, potato paste, hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate, curry powder, yeast extract, salt, tomato paste, onion powder, caramel, spices(cardamom, nutmeg, fennel, clove, star anise, ginger, celery seed, mustard), roasted garlic

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.

E1442 Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate is a chemically modified starch used to thicken and stabilise desserts, sauces and soups.

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.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 89 curry sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 38th. 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 0074880061710, last edited 7 July 2025), 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.