Is The Spice Tailor Thai massaman curry ultra-processed?

275 g Curry pastes Sold in the United Kingdom and Australia

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Sauce

27 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

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

Coconut Cream 44%, Water, Soy Sauce (processing marker) (Water, soyabeans, wheat, Salt (processing marker)), Garlic, Lemongrass 3%, Spices 2%, Galangal Root 2%, Sugar (processing marker), Raw Sugar (processing marker), Coriander Seeds, Red Chilli, Rice Flour, Kaffir Lime Leaves, Salt (processing marker), Shallot, PRODUCED and PACKED IN INDIA, the spice tailor limited horton house, exchange flags, liverpool l2 3pf, level 1, the chase, carmanhall road, v2y2 5 "052675 000996> sandyford 40 t

As written on the pack

Coconut Cream (44%), Water, Soy Sauce (Water, SOYABEANS, WHEAT, Salt), Garlic, Lemongrass (3%), Dry Spices (2%), Galangal Root (2%), Sugar, Raw Sugar, Coriander Seeds, Red Chilli, Rice Flour, Kaffir Lime Leaves, Salt, Shallot Powder. FOR ALLERGENS SEE INGREDIENTS IN BOLD. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF MILK, MUSTARD, NUTS, SESAME, PEANUTS, CELERY, SULPHITES. PRODUCED AND PACKED IN INDIA. THE SPICE TAILOR LIMITED HORTON HOUSE, EXCHANGE FLAGS, LIVERPOOL L2 3PF. LEVEL 1, THE CHASE, CARMANHALL ROAD, V2Y2 5 "052675 000996> SANDYFORD 40 T

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 77 curry pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 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 5052675000996, last edited 6 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.