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Is Lidl Moroccan Style Houmous ultra-processed?

200g Hummus Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Lidl Moroccan Style Houmous

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 4 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

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

cooked chickpeas 50% (chickpeas, water), rapeseed óil, water, sesame seed paste 7%, onion 5% (onion, sugar, colour (plain caramel), dark brown soft sugar), concentrated lemon juice, apricots 3%, sultanas 3%, chilli sauce (red chilli paste (chilli pepper, salt, acid (acetic acid), preservative (potassium sorbate)), red chilli purée (red bell pepper, salt, chilli pepper), salt, preservative (acetic acid), water, antioxidant (citric acid)), salt, garlic purée, coriander, cumin, cumin seeds, paprika, potassium sorbate, turmeric

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

50% cooked chickpeas (chickpeas, water), rapeseed óil, water, 7% sesame seed paste, 5% caramelised onion (onion, sugar, colour: plain caramel, dark brown soft sugar), concentrated lemon juice, 3% apricots, 3% sultanas, chilli sauce (red chilli paste [chilli pepper, salt, acid: acetic acid, preservative: potassium sorbate], red chilli purée [red bell pepper, salt, chilli pepper], salt, preservative: acetic acid, water, antioxidant: citric acid) , salt, garlic purée, coriander, ground cumin, cumin seeds, paprika, potassium sorbate, turmeric,

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 219th. 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 4056489240761, last edited 27 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.