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Passage to India Extra Mild Butter Chicken Simmer Sauce

Contains sunflower oil

A tomato-and-cream simmer sauce with 5% spices, made for an extra-mild butter chicken. Each 62.5 g serving has 5 g added sugar and 440 mg sodium.

No artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesGluten-free (label)VegetarianContains dairyContains corn
$6.00 lowest price at Shop Passage Foods
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
60caloriesPer serving · 1/4 Cups (62.5 g)
Protein
2g
Fiber
1g
Added sugar
5g▼
Sodium
440mg
Saturated fat
1.5g
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Ingredients: Water, tomatoes (27%), sugar, cream (milk), spices (5%), tomato paste (4%), ginger, yoghurt powder (milk), sunflower oil, garlic, salt, corn starch, cream powder (milk), vinegar, food acid (citric acid), natural butter flavour (milk), natural colours (paprika extract, curcumin), vegetable gum (xanthan)
60 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs
Nutrition · counts 35%69
Ingredients · counts 25%66
Processing · counts 15%40
Sourcing · counts 10%40
Transparency · counts 15%65
Why it scores 60
Nutrition 69 · 5 g added sugar per 1/4 Cups; otherwise typical for ready meals and sauces
Ingredients 66 · Sugar, 3rd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Sunflower oil, 9th ingredient (seed oil, −10, ClearShelf standard); Natural flavours (additive, −4)
Processing 40 · Sauce with sugar, sunflower oil, corn starch, flavouring and xanthan gum
Sourcing 40 · Made in Australia, but tomato and other ingredient origins aren't stated
Transparency 65 · Complete ingredient list and nutrition values; no growing or sourcing details
5 g added sugar
Contains sunflower oil
Contains xanthan gum
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−20 for sugar
Varies by additive−4 for natural flavours
ClearShelf standard−10 for sunflower oil · our house standard, not a medical claim
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Water Tomatoes (27%) Sugar Cream (milk) Spices (5%) Tomato paste (4%) Ginger Yoghurt powder (milk) Sunflower oil Garlic Salt Corn starch Cream powder (milk) Vinegar Food acid (citric acid) Natural butter flavour (milk) Natural colours (paprika extract, curcumin) Vegetable gum (xanthan)
18 ingredients 3 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives5 additives · 3 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.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Xanthan gum (E415)ThickenerNo risk
Made by fermentation; EFSA re-confirmed its safety in 2017, though large amounts can cause bloating.
Citric acid (E330)AcidNo risk
Usually made by fermentation; considered safe.
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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