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Is Sainsburys Aloo Sag ultra-processed?

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Pack of Sainsburys Aloo Sag

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Potato 37% (Potato, Turmeric), Spinach 22%, Onion, Tomato, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Paste, Ginger, Garlic Purée, Coriander Leaf, Coconut, Cumin, Salt, Mustard Seed, Sugar, Fenugreek, Green Chilli, Turmeric, Chilli

As written on the pack

Cooked Potato (37%) (Potato, Turmeric), Spinach (22%), Onion, Tomato, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Paste, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Coriander Leaf, Coconut Extract, Cumin, Salt, Mustard Seed, Sugar, Fenugreek, Green Chilli Purée, Turmeric, Chilli Powder.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01164862, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.