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Is Sabra Houmous ultra-processed?

350g Vegetable sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sabra Houmous

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meal sauces

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 51% (water, chickpeas, acidity regulator), rapeseed oil, sesame seed paste 14%, water, pine nuts 1.7%, salt, acidity regulator (citric acid), garlic, preservative (potassium sorbate), olive oil, ground p aprika

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

cooked chickpeas (51%), (water, chickpeas, acidity regulator [sodium bicarbonate]), rapeseed oil, sesame seed paste (14%), water, baked pine nuts (1,7%), salt, acidity regulator (citric acid), granulated garlic, preservative (potassium sorbate), olive oil, ground p aprika,

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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 vegetable sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 9% of the vegetable sauces 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 11 vegetable sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7290115204476, last edited 23 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.