Is Morrisons Maroccan inspired Houmous ultra-processed?

200 g Hummus Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
E150a Plain caramel

33 ingredients
4 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

moroccan style houmous a chickpea and sesame seed paste dip with caramelised onion, apricot, sultanas, ingredients cooked chickpeas 49% (chickpeas, water), water, rapeseed oil, sesame seed paste 7%, onion 6% (onion, sugar (processing marker), colour (ultra-processing marker) (plain caramel (ultra-processing marker)), brown sugar (processing marker)), concentrated lemon juice, dried apricots 3% (dried apricots, rice flour), sultanas 3%, coriander, garlic purée, salt (processing marker), spices, red bell pepper, chilli pepper, cumin seed, preservatives (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker), acetic acid), antioxidant (citric acid), nutrition 200g €

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

As written on the pack

moroccan style houmous a chickpea and sesame seed paste dip with caramelised onion, apricot and sultanas. ingredients cooked chickpeas (49%) (chickpeas, water), water, rapeseed oil, sesame seed paste (7%), caramelised onion (6%) (onion, sugar, colour (plain caramel), brown sugar), concentrated lemon juice, dried apricots (3%) (dried apricots, rice flour), sultanas (3%), coriander, garlic purée, salt, spices, red bell pepper powder, chilli pepper, cumin seed, preservatives (potassium sorbate, acetic acid), antioxidant (citric acid). allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold. nutrition 200g €

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 218th. 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 09015029, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.