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Is Sharwood's Deliciously Vegan Korma ultra-processed?

420g Indian-style sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Sharwood's Deliciously Vegan Korma

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed indian-style 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, Tomatoes 20%, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Desiccated Coconut 3.5%, Coconut Milk 3% (Coconut Milk, Water), Onion 3%, Rapeseed Oil, Ginger, Garlic Purée, Cumin Seeds, Spices, Pea Protein, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Rice Protein, Chilli, Acid (Citric Acid), Flavouring, Colour (Lutein)

Additives: E161b Lutein , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Tomatoes (20%), Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Desiccated Coconut (3.5%), Coconut Milk (3%) (Coconut Milk, Water), Onion (3%), Rapeseed Oil, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Ground Cumin Seeds, Ground Spices, Pea Protein, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Rice Protein, Chilli Powder, Acid (Citric Acid), Flavouring, Colour (Lutein).

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.

  • E161b Lutein Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 33 indian-style sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 73% of the indian-style 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 33 indian-style sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354918469, last edited 1 August 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.