Built on sunflower oil, a seed oil, plus soybean oil. Also has added sugar.
Grade
CFull check
−29 points
Seed-oil base. Sunflower oil, plus soybean oil.
Ingredients, in label order
Explain every ingredient
- Sunflower oil — Seed-oil base. Sunflower oil is the base oil. It's a seed oil, your biggest red flag.
- shallots (shallots, highly refined soybean oil) — Red flag. Hidden inside this ingredient: soybean oil, a seed oil.
- garlic — Real-food add-in. Onion family (allium): part of the crunch and flavor.
- Aleppo-style chili flake — Core. Core chili ingredient.
- red chili flake — Core. Core chili ingredient.
- sesame seed — Real-food add-in. Real-food ingredient.
- brown mustard seed — Real-food add-in. Real-food ingredient.
- cane sugar — Watch. Added sugar.
- sea salt — Real-food add-in. Real-food ingredient.
- curry leaves — Real-food add-in. Real-food ingredient.
- turmeric — Real-food add-in. Real-food ingredient.
- star anise — Real-food add-in. Real-food ingredient.
Watch-outs
- The front says sunflower oil, but the shallots are fried in highly refined soybean oil.
- Highest price per ounce on the Sprouts shelf, even on sale.
Score breakdown
| Starting score | 100 |
| Seed-oil base (sunflower oil) | −20 |
| Extra seed oil (soybean) | −6 |
| Added sugar | −3 |
| Score | 71 → C |
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Where to buy
| Store | Size | Price | Per oz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprouts | 5.5 oz | $14.99 sale $11.99 | $2.73/oz |
Shopper notes
- Indian tarka-style: mustard seed, curry leaves and turmeric. A unique flavor.
- Graded B in the first review, when sunflower oil was penalized lightly. Under your full seed-oil rule it's a C.