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Is Tilda Katsu Curry rice ultra-processed?

250g Vegetables from Spain Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tilda Katsu Curry rice

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed vegetables from Spain

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 73%, Coconut Cream 5%, Sweet Potato, Carrots 4%, Onions 4%, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Vegetable Oils, Sunflower Vegetable Oils), Brown Sugar, Mirin, Soy Sauce, Vegetable Stock (Rice Flour, Salt, Onions, Parsnips, Carrots, Olive Oil, Turmeric, Parsley), Turmeric, Ginger, Garlic 0.3%, Salt, Coriander, Tamarind, Cumin, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper 0.1%, Cloves, Fenugreek, Fennel

As written on the pack

Jasmine Rice (73%), Coconut Cream (5%), Sweet Potato, Carrots (4%), Onions (4%), Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sunflower), Brown Sugar, Mirin, Gluten Free Soy Sauce (contains Soya), Vegetable Stock Powder (Rice Flour, Salt, Onions, Parsnips, Carrots, Olive Oil, Turmeric, Parsley), Turmeric, Ginger, Garlic (0.3%), Salt, Coriander, Tamarind Powder, Cumin, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper (0.1%), Cloves, Fenugreek, Fennel.

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 37 vegetables from Spain

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 49% of the vegetables from Spain 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 37 vegetables from Spain, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5011157996431, 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.