Is Kirkland Organic Roasted Pine Nut Hummus ultra-processed?

964g Hummus Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

22 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed hummus

Hummus Traditional Fontaine Santé 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Moroccan Style Houmous Marks & Spencer 15 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Hummus Roasted Red Pepper Fontaine Santé 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 2
Hummus Roasted Garlic Aioli Farmers Garden 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 2

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, sesame tahini, sunflower oil (processing marker), lemon juice, garlic, sea salt (processing marker), cumin, topping (sunflower oil (processing marker)), pine nuts, water, red pepper, garlic, cumin, parsley, sea salt (processing marker), citric acid, onion, contains (Pine Nuts), Sesame

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

ORGANIC CHICKPEAS, WATER, ORGANIC SESAME TAHINI, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC LEMON JUICE, ORGANIC GARLIC, SEA SALT, ORGANIC CUMIN. TOPPING: ORGANIC SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC PINE NUTS, WATER, ORGANIC RED PEPPER, ORGANIC MINCED GARLIC, ORGANIC CUMIN, ORGANIC PARSLEY, SEA SALT, CITRIC ACID, ORGANIC ONION. CONTAINS: Pine Nuts, Sesame.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
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 126th. 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 0096619916245, last edited 26 September 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.