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Is Specially Selected Rogan josh sauce ultra-processed?

360 g Curry sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Specially Selected Rogan josh 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:

  • 52 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, tomato 23%, Onion, tomato paste 8%, Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Coriander, Onion, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Garlic, Cumin, Turmeric, Ground Ginger, Paprika, Tomato, Cinnamon, Fennel, Chilli, Cardamom, Tricalcium phosphate, Silicon Dioxide, Mint, Cloves, Black Pepper, Turmeric Extract, Flavouring, Paprika Extract, low fat yogurt 2.5%, Sugar, Garlic Purée, Ginger, Coriander Leaf, Cumin, Coriander, Garam Masala (Coriander, Cumin, Cinnamon, Ground Ginger Ground Cloves, Black Pepper, Dill), Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Paprika, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Ground Chilli Ground Turmeric, Cardamom, Colour (Paprika Extract), Cinnamon

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, TOMATO (23%), Onion, TOMATO PASTE (8%), Rapeseed Oil, Rice Flour, Ground Coriander, Onion Powder, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Garlic Powder, Ground Cumin, Ground Turmeric, Ground Ginger, Ground Paprika, Tomato Powder, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Fennel, Ground Chilli, Ground Cardamom, Tricalcium phosphate, Silicon Dioxide; Dried Mint, Ground Cloves, Ground Black Pepper, Turmeric Extract, Flavouring, Paprika Extract), LOW FAT YOGURT (2.5%) (Milk), Sugar, Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Coriander Leaf, Ground Cumin, Ground Coriander, Garam Masala (Ground Coriander, Ground Cumin, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Ginger Ground Cloves, Ground Black Pepper, Dill), Salt, Modified Maize Starch, Ground Paprika. Citric Acid, Lactic Acid; Ground Chilli Ground Turmeric, Ground Cardamom, Colour: Paprika Extract, Ground Cinnamon.

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.

  • E100 Curcumin 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.
  • 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.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down 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 89 curry sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 88th. 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 4088600054308, last edited 28 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.