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Is Fontaine Santé Hummus Roasted Red Pepper ultra-processed?

454 g Hummus Sold in Canada

Pack of Fontaine Santé Hummus Roasted Red Pepper

No, it's a kitchen staple

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.

  • 10 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed hummus

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Coooked chickpeas, red bell pepper, Tahini (sesame butter), Water, Canola oil, Concentrated lemon juice, Sea salt, Vinegar, Garlic

As written on the pack

Coooked chickpeas, Roasted red bell pepper, Tahini (sesame butter), Water, Canola oil, Concentrated lemon juice, Sea salt, Vinegar, Garlic

Why it is in group 2

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Fats Products in the category "Fats" are at least group 2.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 25% of the hummus here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 223 hummus, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0770333022511, last edited 11 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.