Is Sainsbury's Sweet potato katsu curry ultra-processed?

Microwave meals 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:

Gluten

50 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed microwave meals

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

Cooked Rice (Water, Jasmine Rice), Breaded Sweet Potato Wedges 33% (Sweet Potato, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Yeast, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Garlic Purée, Soya Bean, Wheat), Water, Coconut, Sugar (processing marker), Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Coriander, Ginger, Salt (processing marker), Turmeric, Sesame Oil (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Mustard, Cumin, Soya Bean, Spirit Vinegar, Wheat, Red Chilli, Mushroom, Fenugreek, Paprika, Yeast Extract, Ginger Powder, Fennel, Star Anise, Nutmeg, Onion, Chilli, White Pepper, Barley Malt Extract, Garlic

As written on the pack

Cooked Rice (Water, Jasmine Rice), Breaded Sweet Potato Wedges (33%) (Sweet Potato, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Sugar, Salt, Yeast, Wheat Gluten, Garlic Purée, Fermented Soya Bean, Wheat), Water, Coconut Extract, Sugar, Cornflour, Rapeseed Oil, Coriander, Ginger Purée, Salt, Turmeric, Sesame Oil, Garlic Purée, Mustard Powder, Cumin, Fermented Soya Bean, Spirit Vinegar, Wheat, Red Chilli, Mushroom Concentrate, Fenugreek, Paprika, Yeast Extract, Ginger Powder, Fennel, Star Anise, Nutmeg, Onion Concentrate, Chilli Powder, White Pepper, Barley Malt Extract, Garlic Powder.

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.

Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.

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.

Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 351 microwave meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 120th. 72% of the microwave meals 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 351 microwave meals, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00486323, 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.