Tikka Masala Indian Simmer Sauce

How it scored 70 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 23 listed

• 1 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 2 Tomato Concentrate
  Concentrated tomato product made by removing water from tomato juice/pulp; includes paste and puree.
  Safe
• 3 Milk
  Lacteal secretion from cows or other domesticated ruminants (goats, sheep). Contains water, lactose, milk fat, casein and whey proteins, vit…
  Low
• 4 Buttermilk
  Cultured buttermilk is fermented dairy from low-fat milk inoculated with lactic-acid bacteria.
  Low
• 5 Cream
  The fat-rich liquid separated from milk. FDA standards of identity (21 CFR 131.150 / 131.155 / 131.157) classify by milkfat content: heavy c…
  Safe
• 6 Safflower Oil
  Edible oil pressed from safflower seeds (Carthamus tinctorius); high-linoleic or high-oleic variants.
  Safe
• 7 Ginger
  The rhizome of Zingiber officinale, used fresh, dried, or powdered as a spice and traditional medicine.
  Safe
• 8 Unsalted Butter
  Dairy product made by churning cream; contains ≥80% milk fat with no added salt.
  Low
• 9 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 10 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 11 Cane Sugar
  Sucrose (a disaccharide of glucose and fructose) crystallized from sugar cane juice; chemically identical to beet sugar.
  Moderate
• 12 Sea Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl) obtained by evaporating seawater. Chemically identical to mined/refined salt, with trace minerals depending on source…
  Low
• 13 Concentrated Lemon Juice
  Lemon juice with water removed by evaporation.
  Safe
• 14 Coriander Leaf
  Fresh leaves of Coriandrum sativum (also called cilantro).
  Safe
• 15 Serrano Pepper
  Capsicum annuum cultivar, a small hot chili pepper (10,000–25,000 SHU).
  Safe
• 16 Tapioca
  Starch extracted from cassava root (Manihot esculenta), sold as flour, pearls, or flakes.
  Safe
• 17 Fenugreek Leaf
  Dried leaves of Trigonella foenum-graecum, used as a herb in South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine (called methi or kasuri methi).
  Low
• 18 Fresh Tomatoes
  The whole, fresh fruit of Solanum lycopersicum.
  Safe
• 19 Skimmed Milk
  Cow's milk from which most milkfat has been removed. FDA standard of identity for nonfat milk requires <0.5% milkfat; for nonfat dry milk, <…
  Safe
• 20 Retinyl Palmitate
  Ester of retinol (vitamin A) and palmitic acid; preformed vitamin A.
  Low
• 21 Cholecalciferol
  Vitamin D3, the form of vitamin D synthesized in skin from UVB exposure or obtained from animal sources.
  Low
• 22 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 23 Paprika
  Ground spice from dried Capsicum annuum peppers.
  Safe