Is Saffron Road Coconut curry chicken with basmati rice ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 25 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
basmati rice (water, rice), water, boneless white meat chicken, coconut cream, onions, lowfat yogurt (whole milk, nonfat milk, cultures (processing marker)), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (ginger), raw cane sugár (processing marker), coconut oil (processing marker), cream, garlic, tomato paste, native corn starch (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), spices, native rice starch, sunflower oil (processing marker), turmeric, red chili
As written on the pack
BASMATI RICE (WATER, RICE), WATER, BONELESS WHITE MEAT CHICKEN, COCONUT CREAM, ONIONS, LOWFAT YOGURT (WHOLE MILK, NONFAT MILK, CULTURES). CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: GINGER, RAW CANE SUGÁR, COLD-PRESSED COCONUT OIL, CREAM, GARLIC, TOMATO PASTE, NATIVE CORN STARCH, SEA SALT, SPICES, NATIVE RICE STARCH, EXPELLER PRESSED SUNFLOWER OIL, TURMERIC, RED CHILI FLAKES.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.
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.
- Prepared meats Products in the category "Prepared meats" are at least group 3.
Among 18 chicken curry
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 61% of the chicken curry here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850029953067, last edited 26 May 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.