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Is Sharwood's Thai Red Curry Sauce ultra-processed?

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Pack of Sharwood's Thai Red 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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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, Coconut Milk 10% (Coconut, Water), Thai Red Curry Paste 6% (Garlic, Red Chilli, Lemongrass, Salt, Galangal, Onion, Coriander Leaf, Makrut Lime Peel, Rice Vinegar, Black Pepper, Coriander Seeds, Cumin Seeds), Desiccated Coconut 6%, Sugar, Red Pepper, Modified Maize Starch, Lemongrass 2%, Red Chilli, Garlic Purée, Lime Leaf, Fish Paste, Fish Sauce (Anchovy, Salt, Sugar), Fish, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Water, Garlic, Sugar, Onion, Bay Leaf, Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Vegetable Bouillon (Salt, Yeast, Leek, Sugar, Onion, Garlic, Flavouring), Colour (Paprika Extract)

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Water, Coconut Milk (10%) (Coconut Extract, Water), Thai Red Curry Paste (6%) (Garlic, Red Chilli, Lemongrass, Salt, Galangal, Onion, Coriander Leaf, Makrut Lime Peel, Rice Vinegar, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Coriander Seeds, Ground Cumin Seeds), Desiccated Coconut (6%), Sugar, Red Pepper, Modified Maize Starch, Lemongrass (2%), Red Chilli, Garlic Purée, Lime Leaf, Fish Paste (Fish Sauce (Anchovy (Fish), Salt, Sugar), Fish Powder, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Water, Garlic Powder, Sugar, Onion Powder, Ground Bay Leaf), Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Vegetable Bouillon (Salt, Dried Yeast Extract (contains Barley, Wheat), Leek Powder, Sugar, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Flavouring), Colour (Paprika Extract). Allergy Advice:

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.
  • 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.
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.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,964 sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2491st. 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 5000354922220, 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.