Is Great value Sweet chili garlic, hummus ultra-processed?

10 oz g Hummus Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E412 Guar gum

19 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed hummus

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

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

chickpeas, water, sunflower oil (processing marker), sesame tahini, sugar (processing marker), vinegars, tapioca starch (processing marker), red chili pepper, paprika, garlic, onion, yeast extract, citric acid, paprika, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), red bell peppers, agave syrup

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Steamed chickpeas, water, sunflower oil, sesame tahini, organic sugar, vinegars, tapioca starch, crushed red chili pepper, paprika, garlic, onion, yeast extract, citric acid, extractives of paprika, natural flavor, sea salt, guar gum, roasted red bell peppers, agave syrup. Contains sesame.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

4 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 207th. 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 0194346382828, last edited 20 August 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.