Is S&B Golden Curry Japanese Curry Mix ultra-processed?

92 g Curry sauces Sold in the United States, New Zealand and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E150c Ammonia caramel
E621 Monosodium glutamate
E627 Disodium guanylate
E631 Disodium inosinate

18 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed curry sauces

Sb curry powder oriental S&B Foods Inc. 17 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Original Tikka Masala The Spice Tailor 18 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Thai Green Curry Kit The Spice Tailor 21 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Madras curry indian simmer sauce Maya Kaimal 18 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

Wheat flour, vegetable oils (processing marker) (palm oil, rapeseed oil), salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), curry powder, monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), caramel color, spices (pepper, chili pepper, garlic, celery seed, mustard), malic acid, disodium inosinate (ultra-processing marker), disodium guanylate (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E296 Malic acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, vegetable oils (palm oil, rapeseed oil), salt, sugar, curry powder, monosodium glutamate, caramel color, spices (pepper, chili pepper, garlic, celery seed, mustard), malic acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate.

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.

E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 89 curry sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 80th. 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 0074880030051, last edited 13 September 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.