Is What’s for tonight? Butter Chicken curry ultra-processed?

800g Butter chicken Sold in Australia

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Chicken 45%, Tomato 35%, Milk Cream 10%, Onion, Fenugreek, Garam Masala, Lemon Juice, Salt (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Spices

As written on the pack

Chicken (45%), Tomato (35%), Milk Cream (10%), Onion, Fenugreek, Garam Masala, Lemon Juice, Salt, Sugar, Spices.

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 50% of the butter chicken 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9356446000311, last edited 8 February 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.