Is Sainbury's Rendang Curry ultra-processed?

190g Curry pastes Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Modified starch
E160c Paprika extract

34 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed curry pastes

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

Chicken rendang rung Water, Onion 20%, Sugar (processing marker), Galangal, Red Chilli Purée 7%, Rapeseed Oil, Lemongrass 3%, Rice Vinegar, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Tamarind, Garlic Purée, Ginger, Coriander, Desiccated Coconut 2%, Cane Molasses (processing marker), Cumin, Salt (processing marker), Clove, Fennel, Star Anise 0.5%, Turmeric Powder, Cardamom, Black Pepper, Cinnamon Powder, Coriander Leaf, Red Chilli, Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid, JAR Widely Recycled UD Check Locally Packed in the UK for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd), London EC1N 2HT, Careline 0800 636262, www.sainsburys.co.uk 07886226 09.20 12324 0030 57618

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Chicken rendang rung Water, Onion (20%), Sugar, Galangal, Red Chilli Purée (7%), Rapeseed Oil, Lemongrass (3%), Rice Vinegar, Modified Maize Starch, Tamarind Concentrate, Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Coriander Powder, Desiccated Coconut (2%), Cane Molasses, Cumin Powder, Salt, Clove Powder, Fennel Powder, Star Anise Powder (0.5%), Turmeric Powder, Cardamom Powder, Black Pepper, Cinnamon Powder, Coriander Leaf, Red Chilli Flakes, Colour: Paprika Extract; Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid. JAR Widely Recycled UD Check Locally Packed in the UK for Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London EC1N 2HT. Careline 0800 636262. www.sainsburys.co.uk 07886226 09.20 12324 0030 57618

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.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 77 curry pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 69th. 43% of the curry pastes 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 77 curry pastes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00305761, last edited 27 March 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.