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Is Sharwood's Reduced Fat Tikka Masala Curry Sauce ultra-processed?

420g Tikka masala sauce Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Sharwood's Reduced Fat Tikka Masala Curry Sauce

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed tikka masala sauce

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

tomatoes 33%, water, fat free yoghurt (0%6), double cream 6%, modified maize starch, sugar, onion, ginger, garlic purée, cumin, coriander seed, dessicated coconut 19%, coriander, salt, spices, concentrated lemon juice, acidity regulator (lactic acid), colour (paprika extract)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

tomatoes (33%), water, fat free yoghurt (0%6)(milk) double cream (6%) (milk), modified maize starch, sugar, onion, ginger purée, garlic purée, ground cumin, ground coriander seed, dessicated coconut (19%), coriander, salt, ground spices, concentrated lemon juice, acidity regulator (lactic acid) colour (paprika extract). allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold, may also contain sesame

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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 20 tikka masala sauce

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 90% of the tikka masala sauce 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 20 tikka masala sauce, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354906640, last edited 20 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.