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Is Tesco Chicken Korma ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Chicken 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:

  • 66 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

cooked pilau rice (water, basmati rice, rapeseed oil, salt, concentrated lemon juice, cumin seed, cardamom pods, cardamom, bay leaf, curcumin), chicken 21% (chicken breast, cornflour, tomato purée, ginger, coriander, garlic purée, coriander, salt, cumin, paprika, chilli, mustard powder, cumin seed, ginger powder, turmeric, cinnamon, black pepper, pimento, nutmeg, cardamom, mace, star anise, basil, bay leaf, oregano, garlic powder), water, onion, yogurt, single cream, tomato, oil (coconut oil, rapeseed oil), cashew nut, ground almonds, ginger, garlic purée, sugar, salt, cumin, coriander, paprika, cardamom, cornflour, turmeric, mace, chilli, black pepper, cinnamon, clove, fennel, bay leaf, made using thai chicken

Additives: E100 Curcumin

As written on the pack

cooked pilau rice [water, basmati rice, rapeseed oil, salt, concentrated lemon juice, cumin seed, cardamom pods, cardamom powder, bay leaf powder, colour (curcumin)], cooked marinated chicken (21%) [chicken breast, cornflour, tomato purée, ginger purée, coriander powder, garlic purée, coriander, salt, cumin powder, paprika, chilli powder, mustard powder, cumin seed, ginger powder, turmeric, cinnamon, black pepper, pimento powder, nutmeg, cardamom powder, mace, star anise, basil, bay leaf powder, oregano, garlic powder], water, onion, yogurt (milk), single cream (milk), tomato, coconut, rapeseed oil, ground cashew nut, ground almonds, ginger purée, garlic purée, sugar, salt, cumin powder, coriander powder, paprika, cardamom powder, cornflour, turmeric, mace, chilli powder, black pepper, cinnamon, clove powder, fennel, bay leaf powder. made using thai chicken.

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.
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.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 77th. 79% of the meals with chicken 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697396915, last edited 1 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.