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Is Waitrose Spinach dal ultra-processed?

300 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Spinach dal

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, split mung peas, onion, spinach, tomatoes, split pigeon peas, rapeseed oil, garlic purée, coriander, salt, ginger, curry, cumin seeds, green chilli, mustard seeds, turmeric, asafoetida, fenugreek leaf

As written on the pack

Water, split mung peas, onion, spinach, tomatoes, split pigeon peas, rapeseed oil, garlic purée, chopped coriander, salt, ginger purée, curry leaves, cumin seeds, green chilli purée, mustard seeds, turmeric, asafoetida, ground fenugreek leaf

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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169138014, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.