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Is Valcom GREEN curry paste ultra-processed?

210g Green curry pastes Sold in Australia

Pack of Valcom GREEN curry paste

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed green 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

Water, Shallot, Salt, Shrimp, Paste Green Chilli, Garlic, Galangal, Shrimp, Salt, Seed, Modified Tapioca Starch Kaffir Lime Peel, Coriander (1442), Acidity Regulator (330), artificial preservatives, colouring

As written on the pack

Water, Shallot, Salt, Shrimp (Crustacean) Paste Green Chilli, Garlic, Galangal, [Shrimp (Crustacean), Salt), Seed, Modified Tapioca Starch Kaffir Lime Peel, Coriander (1442), Acidity Regulator (330) Contains: Crustacean No artificial preservatives or colouring

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 green curry pastes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 36% of the green 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 green curry pastes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310432180692, last edited 26 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.