Is Pilpel Hummous ultra-processed?

Hummus Sold in Australia

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil
E202 Potassium sorbate

9 ingredients
2 additives
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

Cooked chickpeas 53%, tahini (sesame, salt (processing marker)), water, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), citric acid, salt (processing marker), potassium sorbate (processing marker)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Cooked chickpeas (53%), tahini (sesame, salt), water, extra virgin olive oil, acidity regulator (citric acid), salt, preservative (potassium sorbate).

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 132nd. 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 9335068001968, last edited 24 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.