Is Tesco Green Curry Cooking Sauce ultra-processed?

340 g Curry pastes Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Modified starch

34 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed curry pastes

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Coconut, Green Bean, Onion, Water Chestnut, Sugar (processing marker), Modified Maize Starch (ultra-processing marker), Green Chilli, Coriander Seed, Fish Sauce (processing marker) (Anchovy, Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker)), Garlic, Rapeseed Oil, Coriander Leaf, Lemongrass, Shallot, Galangal, Lime Juice from Concentrate, Salt (processing marker), Acidity Regulators (Lactic Acid, Citric Acid), Ginger, Ginger, Makrut Lime Peel, Cumin, Capsicum Extract, Basil, Dried Garlic, Turmeric, Chili, Coriander

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Coconut, Green Bean, Onion, Water Chestnut, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch ), Green Chilli ), Coriander Seed, Fish Sauce [Anchovy Extract (Fish), Salt, Sugar], Garlic, Rapeseed Oil, Coriander Leaf, Lemongrass, Shallot, Galangal, Lime Juice from Concentrate (Sulphites), Salt, Acidity Regulators (Lactic Acid, Citric Acid), Ginger, Ginger Purée, Makrut Lime Peel, Cumin, Capsicum Extract, Basil, Dried Garlic, Turmeric, Chili Powder, Ground Coriander.

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.

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.

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.

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.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 77 curry pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 55th. 43% of the curry pastes 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 77 curry pastes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753930875, last edited 11 May 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.