Is Sainsbury's Creamy Korma ultra-processed?

500 g Sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Whey

28 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed sauces

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

Water, Double Cream (Cows' Milk), Cocomut Cream 5% (Coconut, Water), Maize Starch (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Creamed Coconut (processing marker) 2%, dried Onion, Desidrated Coconut, Tomato Purée, Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker) (Cows' Milk), Acidity regulator (Lactic Acid), Ginger, Garlic Purée, Salt (processing marker), Coriander Leaf, Ground Ginger, Fennel, Cumin, Coriander, Cassia, Cardamom, Turmeric, Dried Fenugreek Leaf

Additives: E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Water, Double Cream (Cows' Milk) (8%), Cocomut Cream (5%) (Coconut, Water), Maize Starch, Sugar, Creamed Coconut (2%),dried Onion, Desidrated Coconut, Tomato Purée, Whey Powder (Cows' Milk), Acidity regulator: Lactic Acid, Ginger Pure, Garlic Purée, Salt, Coriander Leaf, Ground Ginger, Ground Fennel, Ground Cumin, Ground Coriander, Ground Cassia, Ground Cardamom, Turmeric, Dried Fenugreek Leaf.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.

4 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.
Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,964 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1565th. 60% of the 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 2,964 sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01374483, last edited 5 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.