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Tika Masala Simmering Sauce

Contains canola oil

A creamy tomato-and-spice simmer sauce with a full ingredient list. It contains milk and canola oil, and has 1,349 mg sodium per 100 g.

No added sugarNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersContains dairy
$8.00 12 oz · lowest price at THE SPICE & TEA SHOPPE
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
111caloriesPer 100 g
Protein
1.6g
Fiber
1.6g
Added sugar
—▼
Sodium
1349mg▼
Saturated fat
3.2g
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Ingredients: Water, Heavy Cream (Milk), Pear Juice Concentrate, Tomato Paste, Onion, Spices, Ginger, Garlic, Salt, Expeller Pressed Canola Oil, Lemon Puree (Lemon Juice Concentrate, Water, Lemon Pulp, Lemon Peel, Lemon Oil), Tamarind Paste
On Open Food FactsNutri-Score ETheir grades, for reference; not part of our score. Data: Open Food Facts (ODbL).
64 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition · counts 35%65
Ingredients · counts 25%70
Processing · counts 15%60
Sourcing · counts 10%70
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 64
Nutrition 65 · Compared with other ready meals and sauces: more sodium (1349 mg); 6.3 g added sugar per 100 g
Ingredients 70 · Juice concentrate, 3rd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Expeller pressed canola oil, 10th ingredient (seed oil, −10, ClearShelf standard); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 60 · A formulated simmer sauce with cream, juice concentrate and canola oil
Sourcing 70 · Indian spices are stated; origins of the other ingredients aren't given
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list, but the spices are unspecified
Contains canola oil
1,349 mg sodium per 100 g
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−20 for juice concentrate
ClearShelf standard−10 for expeller pressed canola oil · our house standard, not a medical claim
Scored Oct 23, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Water Heavy Cream (Milk) Pear Juice Concentrate Tomato Paste Onion Spices Ginger Garlic Salt Expeller Pressed Canola Oil Lemon Puree (Lemon Juice Concentrate, Water, Lemon Pulp, Lemon Peel, Lemon Oil) Tamarind Paste
12 ingredients 1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives1 additive · 1 limited risk
Seed oilFatLimited risk
ClearShelf standard: we lower the Ingredients score when seed oils are used. This is our house standard, not a medical claim. Research is mixed; major health groups have not found harm at typical intakes.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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