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Green Curry Paste

Green curry paste is a Thai aromatic chilli paste used to season curries, soups, and stir-fries.

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About Green Curry Paste

Green curry paste is a concentrated Thai-style aromatic paste used as a seasoning base, especially for green curry. It commonly combines green chilli with ingredients such as lemongrass, galangal, garlic, shallot, makrut lime components, spices, and salt, though formulas differ between cooks and products. It can also season soups, marinades, stir-fries, and other dishes.

The paste is moist and coarse to smooth, with a green colour and a strong, spicy, citrusy, herbal, and savoury aroma. Thai green curry paste has regional, household, and commercial variations, so the exact flavour balance and ingredient proportions cannot be specified without a recipe, brand, or processing state.

It is fried or simmered with liquid and other ingredients for curries, which disperses and softens the paste. Green curry paste is sold fresh, refrigerated, frozen, or packaged. These forms may differ in texture and formulation, and the paste itself remains distinct from a finished curry.

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paste

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green curry paste

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Green Curry Paste nutrition & diet

Green Curry Paste nutritional value

Reference: Paste, green curry, commercial

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
110.2kcal
Protein
2.4g
Carbs
6.3g
Fat
7.9g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F006469. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Use the prepared paste portion as sold or made, distinguishing concentrated paste from a diluted curry. Recipe details matter because chillies, herbs, aromatics, shrimp paste, fish sauce, oil, salt, sugar, and stabilizers may vary; the final dish also includes the cooking liquid and accompanying ingredients.

Compare the right form: Match references to Thai-style green curry paste, concentrated and ready for cooking, with the exact brand or recipe and stated serving portion.

Diet considerations

The base ingredients are generally plant-derived herbs, spices, and chillies, but traditional or commercial recipes may include shrimp paste, fish sauce, or other animal ingredients. Coconut milk, sugar, oil, cereal thickeners, and packaged processing can change compatibility and the carbohydrate pattern of the completed dish.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Depends on the version
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Shrimp Paste. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Shrimp Paste. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Shrimp Paste. Recorded common ingredients: Shrimp. This profile identifies shellfish, which does not meet the kosher fish criteria. Recipes and products can differ. Recipes and products can differ.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Paste, green curry, commercial ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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