Is Sainsbury's Chicken Korma with Pilau Rice ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 64 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cooked Pilau Rice (Water, Basmati Rice, Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Salt (processing marker), Cumin, Turmeric, Cardamom, Cardamom Pod, Clove, Bay Leaf), Chicken 18% (Chicken Breast, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Low Fat Yogurt (Cows' Milk), Ginger, Garlic Purée, Coriander Leaf, Lemon Juice, Coriander, Cardamom, Turmeric, Cumin, Cinnamon, Ginger Powder, White Pepper, Paprika, Clove, Chilli, Nutmeg, Bay Leaf), Onion, Water, Low Fat Yogurt (Cows' Milk), Coconut, Cashew Nut, Tomato Paste, Desiccated Coconut, Sugar (processing marker), Oil (Coconut Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil), Almond, Ginger, Salt (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Coriander, Cumin, Coriander Leaf, Paprika, Cardamom, Turmeric, Mace, Chilli, Cinnamon, Ginger Powder, White Pepper, Clove, Nutmeg, Bay Leaf
As written on the pack
Cooked Pilau Rice (Water, Basmati Rice, Onion, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Cumin, Turmeric, Cardamom, Cardamom Pod, Clove, Bay Leaf), Cooked Marinated Chicken (18%) (Chicken Breast, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Low Fat Yogurt (Cows' Milk), Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Coriander Leaf, Lemon Juice, Coriander, Cardamom, Turmeric, Cumin, Cinnamon, Ginger Powder, White Pepper, Paprika, Clove, Chilli Powder, Nutmeg, Bay Leaf), Onion, Water, Low Fat Yogurt (Cows' Milk), Coconut Extract, Cashew Nut, Tomato Paste, Desiccated Coconut, Sugar, Coconut, Rapeseed Oil, Almond, Ginger Purée, Salt, Garlic Purée, Coriander, Cumin, Coriander Leaf, Paprika, Cardamom, Turmeric, Mace, Chilli Powder, Cinnamon, Ginger Powder, White Pepper, Clove, Nutmeg, Bay Leaf.
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
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.
Among 18 chicken curry
From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 61% of the chicken curry here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00244985, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.