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Is Trader Joe's Thai Peanut Satay Sauce ultra-processed?

Red curry pastes Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Thai Peanut Satay Sauce

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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 milk, coconut sugar, sugar, peanut, water, lemongrasss, shallot, garlic, salt, galangal, red chili pepper, coriander seed, thai lime leaf, white pepper, cumin, tamarind, rice bran oil, coriander, cumin seeds, citric acid

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

COCONUT MILK, COCONUT SUGAR, SUGAR, PEANUT, WATER, LEMONGRASSS, SHALLOT, GARLIC, SALT, GALANGAL, RED CHILI PEPPER, CORIANDER SEED, THAI LIME LEAF, WHITE PEPPER, CUMIN, TAMARIND, RICE BRAN OIL, CORIANDER POWDER, CUMIN SEEDS, CITRIC ACID

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 red curry pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 57% of the red 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 red curry pastes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00772471, last edited 12 July 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.