Is Sainsbury's Green Thai Style Curry Sauce ultra-processed?

340 Curry 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:

Modified starch

39 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed curry 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, Creamed Coconut 8%, Green Curry Past 6% (Coriander, Garlic, Sunflower Oil, Lemon Grass, Shallot, Galangal, Water, Ginger, Green Chilli, Salt, Sugar, Kaffir Lime Peel Sweet Basil, Turmeric, Cumin, Coriander, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)), Onions, Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Sugar, Green Chillies 2%, Fish Sauce (Anchovy (Engraulidae), Ginger, Salt, Lime Juice, Capsicum Extract, Salt, Sugar), Coriander, Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Chilli, Dried Garlic, Cumin

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Creamed Coconut (8%), Green Curry Past (6%) (Coriander, Garlic, Sunflower Oil, Lemon Grass, Shallot, Galangal, Water, Ginger, Green Chilli, Salt, Sugar, Kaffir Lime Peel Sweet Basil, Turmeric, Ground Cumin, Ground Coriander, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid), Onions, Modified Maize Starch, Sugar, Green Chillies (2%), Fish Sauce (Anchovy Extract (Engraulidae) Ginger Purée, Salt, Concentrated Lime Juice, Capsicum Extract, (Fish), Salt, Sugar), Coriander, Acidity Regulator: Lactic Acid; Chilli Powder, Dried Garlic, Ground Cumin

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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 89 curry sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 46th. 67% of the curry 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 89 curry sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00307062, 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.