These are based on authentic blends of warming spices such as black peppercorns, cumins and cinnamon that are added to curries and other recipes to give them that delicious flavour boost.

Curry powder is essentially the same idea but usually a few other ingredients such as chilli powder, onion and garlic powder, turmeric and even flour are added to the mix to make it much easier to make a curry.

Some brands add flour as it is a lot cheaper than spices so they make a bigger margin.