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MTR Palak Paneer is a convenient, vegetarian ready-to-eat curry aimed at home cooks, office workers, and students who want an authentic Indian meal in minutes. The ingredient list reads closer to home cooking than most RTEs — real spinach (16%), paneer (13%), tomato, onion, cream, and whole spices — with no artificial colours, no added sugar, and no declared preservatives. However, it still crosses into ultra-processed territory because it contains a permitted natural food colour (NS 141, copper chlorophyllin complex) and an alfalfa extract, both of which are additive-category substances absent from home kitchens. Sodium is the most practical everyday concern: at 326 mg per 100 g, a single 150 g serving delivers roughly 489 mg of sodium — nearly a quarter of the WHO daily limit — before any accompaniment (roti, rice) is added; individuals managing hypertension, heart disease, or kidney disease should factor this in carefully.
