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Is Yutaka Katsu Curry Sauce ultra-processed?

4 x 25g Curry sauces Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Yutaka Katsu Curry Sauce

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed curry sauces

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

Vegetable oils (Soybean oil, Coconut oil), Wheat flour, Salt, Curry spice mix 9.5% (Coriander, Turmeric, Black pepper, Cumin, Cardamom, Chilli, Cloves, Cinnamon), Sugar, Corn starch, Colour (Plain caramel), Onion, Flavour enhancers (Monosodium glutamate, Disodium guanylate, Malic acid), Hydrolysed soy protein, Chilli

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E296 Malic acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate

As written on the pack

Vegetable oils (Soybean oil, Coconut oil), Wheat flour, Salt, Curry spice mix 9.5% (Coriander, Turmeric, Black pepper, Cumin, Cardamom, Chilli, Cloves, Cinnamon), Sugar, Corn starch, Colour (Plain caramel), Onion powder, Flavour enhancers (Monosodium glutamate, Disodium guanylate, Malic acid), Hydrolysed soy protein, Chilli powder

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 89 curry sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 84th. 67% of the curry sauces 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 89 curry sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5014276704611, last edited 13 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.