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Is The Spice Tailor Spicy Bengali Jalfrezi ultra-processed?

300 g Curry sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Spice Tailor Spicy Bengali Jalfrezi

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 sauces

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

Onion 32%, Tomato Paste 21%, Sunflower Oil, Red Pepper, Water, Garlic, Ginger, Green Chilli, Salt, Spices 1.5%, Chilli, Coriander Seeds, Spices (Red Chilli, Fenugreek Leaves, Cumin Seeds, Black Pepper), Sugar, Black Salt, Tamarind Paste, Black Pepper, Black Cardamom, Bay Leaf

As written on the pack

Onion (32%), Tomato Paste (21%), Sunflower Oil, Red Pepper, Water, Garlic, Ginger, Green Chilli, Salt, Ground Spices (1.5%), Chilli Powder, Ground Coriander Seeds, Dried Whole Spices (Red Chilli, Fenugreek Leaves, Cumin Seeds, Black Pepper), Sugar, Black Salt, Concentrated Tamarind Paste, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Black Cardamom, Ground 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 89 curry sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 67% of the curry sauces 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 89 curry sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354925399, last edited 26 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.