Mae Ploy Red Curry Paste 400g — MUNCH
Munch or Dump rates Mae Ploy Red Curry Paste 400g by Mae Ploy MUNCH — score 90/90.
A short list of real aromatics and herbs with zero artificial additives, emulsifiers, or modified starches. It's a flavor base, not lab food.
Why this verdict
- Nine ingredients, every one a real herb, aromatic, or whole food
- No artificial colors, flavors, MSG, or preservatives
- No emulsifiers, maltodextrin, or modified starch anywhere
- Salt is the only meaningful concern, and you use small amounts
Ingredients (9)
- GARLIC (safe) — Whole aromatic; flavor and beneficial plant compounds.
- Dried red chili (safe) — Whole spice; capsaicin has anti-inflammatory and metabolic upside.
- lemongrass (safe) — Whole herb, purely for aroma and flavor.
- Shallot (safe) — Whole allium vegetable, no processing.
- Salt (moderate) — Added sodium for flavour.
- Galangal (safe) — Whole rhizome, a ginger relative used for flavor.
- Shrimp paste (shrimp, salt) (moderate) — Fermented whole-food umami source; adds more sodium and is a shellfish allergen.
- Kaffir lime peel (safe) — Whole citrus peel for aroma, nothing engineered.
- PEPPER (safe) — Whole spice, flavor only.