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Is Marketside Roasted Red Pepper Hummus ultra-processed?

10 oz Hummus Sold in the United States

Pack of Marketside Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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 (chickpeas, water), red bell peppers, canola oil, tahini (sesame), water, sea salt, citric acid, red bell peppers, dried garlic, potassium sorbate (added to maintain freshness), lime juice concentrate, spices, guar gum, xanthan gum, garlic

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Cooked chickpeas (chickpeas, water), roasted red bell peppers, canola oil, tahini (ground sesame), water, sea salt, citric acid, dried red bell peppers, dried garlic, potassium sorbate (added to maintain freshness), lime juice concentrate, spices, guar gum, xanthan gum, garlic powder.

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.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 216th. 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 0681131138482, last edited 17 April 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.