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Is Thai Taste Thai Green Curry Kit ultra-processed?

Green curry pastes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Thai Taste Thai Green Curry Kit

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No 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

Green Curry Paste (fresh garlic), green chilli 16.5%, lemongrass, fresh onion, fresh black ginger, salt, rice bran oil, galangal, spices (cumin, coriander seed, pepper), kaffir lime peel, coriander, palm sugar, Coconut Milk (coconut), water, Thai Dried Herbs (chilli), dried sweet basil leaves, kaffir lime

As written on the pack

Green Curry Paste (50g): fresh garlic, fresh green chilli (16.5%), fresh lemongrass, fresh onion, fresh black ginger, salt, rice bran oil, fresh galangal, whole spices (cumin, coriander seed, pepper), fresh kaffir lime peel, fresh coriander, palm sugar. Coconut Milk (180g): coconut extract, water. Thai Dried Herbs (3g): dried chilli, dried sweet basil leaves, dried kaffir lime leaves.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 green curry pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 36% of the green 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 14 green curry pastes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5055036901857, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.