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Is Tesco Finest Gunpower Potato & Lentil Dhal ultra-processed?

600 g Plant-based meals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Finest Gunpower Potato & Lentil Dhal

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Vegetable Stock, Water, Sugar, Salt, Onion, Carrot Concentrate, Sunflower Oil, Cornflour, Leek, Celery, Garlic, Nutmeg Oill, Onion, Potato 5%, Red Lentils 4%, Spinach, Haricot Beans, Red Pepper, Chickpeas, Green Lentils 3%, Double Cream, Tomato, Garlic Purée, Ginger, Cumin, Cornflour, Coriander, Butter, Sugar, Lemon Juice, Turmeric Powder, Salt, Onion, Curry, Coriander, Spices, Chilli, Ginger Powder, Chilli, Black Pepper py

As written on the pack

Vegetable Stock [Water, Sugar, Salt, Onion Concentrate, Carrot Concentrate, Sunflower Oil, Cornflour, Leek Concentrate, Celery Concentrate, Garlic Concentrate, Nutmeg Oill, Onion, Potato (5%), Red Lentils (4%), Spinach, Haricot Beans, Red Pepper, Chickpeas, Green Lentils (3%), Double Cream (Milk), Tomato, Garlic Purée, Ginger Purée, Cumin Powder, Cornflour, Coriander Powder, Butter (Milk), Sugar, Lemon Juice, Turmeric Powder, Salt, Onion Seed, Curry Leaf, Coriander, Spices, Chilli Flakes, Ginger Powder, Chilli Powder, Black Pepper py

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 65 plant-based meals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 49% of the plant-based meals 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 65 plant-based meals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697694912, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.