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Is Tesco Thai red chicken curry with jasmine rice ultra-processed?

Meals with chicken Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Thai red chicken curry with jasmine rice

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:

  • 49 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed meals with chicken

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

Jasmine Rice (Water, Jasmine Rice), Chicken 18% (Chicken Breast, Corn Starch), Water, Red Pepper, Onion, Water Chestnut, Coconut, Single Cream, Garlic Purée, Tomato Purée, Ginger, Cornflour, Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Tamarind Paste, Salt, Lime Leaf, Muscovado Sugar, Lime Juice, Shallot, Galangal, Lemongrass, Anchovy, Rapeseed Oil, Coriander, Rice Vinegar, Chilli, Red Chilli Purée, Chicken, Coriander, Basil, Cumin, Cardamom, Paprika Extract, Soya Bean, Wheat, Carrot, Leek, White Pepper, Alcohol, Parsley, Garlic, Bay Leaf, Made using Thai chicken, Allergy Advice For allergens including cereals

Additives: E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Cooked Jasmine Rice [Water, Jasmine Rice], Cooked Chicken (18%) [Chicken Breast, Corn Starch], Water, Red Pepper, Onion, Water Chestnut, Coconut, Single Cream (Milk), Garlic Purée, Tomato Purée, Ginger Purée, Cornflour, Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Tamarind Paste, Salt, Lime Leaf, Muscovado Sugar, Lime Juice, Shallot, Galangal, Lemongrass, Anchovy Extract (Fish), Rapeseed Oil, Coriander, Rice Vinegar, Chilli Powder, Red Chilli Purée, Chicken Extract, Coriander Powder, Basil, Cumin Powder, Cardamom Powder, Colour (Paprika Extract), Soya Bean, Wheat, Carrot, Leek, White Pepper, Alcohol, Parsley, Garlic, Bay Leaf. Made using Thai chicken. Allergy Advice For allergens including cereals

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.

5 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 73rd. 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 5059697391385, last edited 10 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.