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Is Uncle Bens Thai Coconut Curry ultra-processed?

450 g Sold in Sweden

Pack of Uncle Bens Thai Coconut Curry

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 24 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

vatten, lök, morötter, citronsaft 5.6%, kokos 4.6%, socker, tomater 4%, babymajs 3.3%, majsstärkelse, grön paprika 2.6%, röd paprika, fett (palmfett, laktos, mjölkprotein), bambuskott, kokosflingor, salt, lök, solrosolja, skummjölkspulver, curry, curry 0.4%, kryddor

As written on the pack

vatten, lök, morötter, citronsaft 5.6%, kokos 4.6%, socker, tomater 4%, babymajs 3.3%, majsstärkelse, grön paprika 2.6%, röd paprika, fettpulver (palmfett, laktos, mjölkprotein), bambuskott, kokosflingor, salt, lökpulver, solrosolja, skummjölkspulver, curry/currypulver 0.4%, kryddor.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
5 ingredients that would only make it processed

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4002359002410, last edited 2 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.