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Is Waitrose Tarka Dal ultra-processed?

300g Vegetables from Spain Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Tarka 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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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

Water, chickpeas 24%, onion, tomato, rapeseed oil, garlic, ginger, lemon juice, green chilli, salt, coriander, cumin, cumin seeds, asafoetida, turmeric

As written on the pack

Water, split chickpeas (24%), onion, tomato, rapeseed oil, diced garlic, ginger puree, lemon juice, green chilli, salt, chopped coriander, cumin, cumin seeds, asafoetida, turmeric, chilli powder ALLERGY ADVICE: May contain peanuts, nuts and sesame

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.

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 15th. 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 5000169188019, last edited 2 June 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.