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Is Tesco Bombay Mix ultra-processed?

200g Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Tesco Bombay Mix

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

gram flour, maize flour, rapeseed oil, chickpeas, peanuts, green split peas, potato starch, cashew nuts, golden raisins, coconut, red chilli, turmeric powder, salt, cumin, coriander, ajwain seeds, black pepper, chilli, paprika, ginger powder, sunflower oil, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), preservative

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

gram flour, maize flour, rapeseed oil, split chickpeas, peanuts, green split peas, potato starch, cashew nuts, golden raisins, coconut, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, cumin powder, coriander powder, ajwain seeds, black pepper, chilli powder, paprika, ginger powder, sunflower oil, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), preservative (sulphur dioxide).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000436850816, 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.