Is Ramona's Heavenly Houmous ultra-processed?

500g 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:

Modified starch

15 ingredients
2 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 66% (water, chickpeas), rapeseed oil, water, tahini (sesame seed paste), salt (processing marker), acidity regulator (citric acid), modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), garlic, preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), spices

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

COOKED CHICKPEAS (66%) (WATER, CHICKPEAS), RAPESEED OIL, WATER, TAHINI (SESAME SEED PASTE), SALT, ACIDITY REGULATOR: CITRIC ACID, MODIFIED MAIZE STARCH, GARLIC POWDER, PRESERVATIVE POTASSIUM SORBATE, SPICES.

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.

Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 185th. 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 5060228323799, last edited 17 May 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.