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Is Tesco finest Thai Green Chicken Curry With Coconut Jasmine Rice ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco finest Thai Green Chicken Curry With Coconut Jasmine Rice

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:

  • 54 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Coconut Jasmine Rice (Water, Jasmine Rice, Desiccated Coconut, Coriander, Coconut, Lime, Lime Leaf), Chicken 18% (Chicken Breast, Cornflour, Cracked Black Pepper, Salt), Water, Coconut 5%, Green Beans, Single Cream, Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil), Garlic Purée, Coriander, Cornflour, Palm Sugar, Lemongrass, Galangal, Anchovy, Sugar, Green Chilli, Shallot, Salt, Ginger, Lime Juice, Tamarind Paste, Sea Salt, Lime Leaf, Basil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Ginger Powder, Cane Molasses, Chicken, Coriander, Turmeric Powder, Cumin, Soya Bean, Wheat, Onion, Carrot, Leek, Alcohol, Parsley, Garlic, White Pepper, Bay Leaf

As written on the pack

Cooked Coconut Jasmine Rice [Water, Jasmine Rice, Desiccated Coconut, Coriander, Coconut, Lime Zest, Lime Leaf], Cooked Marinated Chicken (18%) [Chicken Breast, Cornflour, Cracked Black Pepper, Salt], Water, Coconut (5%), Green Beans, Single Cream (Milk), Vegetable Oil [Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil], Garlic Purée, Coriander, Cornflour, Palm Sugar, Lemongrass, Galangal, Anchovy Extract (Fish), Sugar, Green Chilli Purée, Shallot, Salt, Ginger Purée, Lime Juice, Tamarind Paste, Sea Salt, Lime Leaf, Basil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Ginger Powder, Cane Molasses, Chicken Extract, Coriander Powder, Turmeric Powder, Cumin Powder, Soya Bean, Wheat, Onion, Carrot, Leek, Alcohol, Parsley, Garlic, White Pepper, Bay Leaf.

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.
  • 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 213 meals with chicken

From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 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.

All 213 meals with chicken, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059697704901, last edited 3 October 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.