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Is Sainsbury's Falafel & Houmous ultra-processed?

Hummus Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Sainsbury's Falafel & Houmous

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:

  • 80 ingredients
  • 7 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

Tortilla Wrap (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate, Sugar, Malic Acid, Wheat Starch), Falafel 17% (Chickpeas, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Parsley, Dried Onion, Rice Starch, Coriander Leaf, Sugar, Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate, Ammonium Carbonate, Coriander, Cumin, Garlic Purée, Salt, Black Pepper), Houmous 12% (Chickpeas, Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic, Salt), Red Pepper, Cucumber, Red Pepper 5%, Chilli Chutney 5% (Sugar, Red Pepper, Apple, Tomato, White Wine Vinegar, Dried Onion, Salt, Garlic Powder, Mint, Chilli, Coriander, Cumin, Ginger Powder), Spinach, Carrot, Mint Dressing (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Mint, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Pea Protein, Brown Mustard Seeds, Concentrated Lemon Juice), Cornflour, including containing gluten, see ingredients in bole Source of fibre (Eniou as part of a varied)

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503i Ammonium carbonate

As written on the pack

Tortilla Wrap (Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Raising Agents: Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate; Sugar, Acidity Regulator: Malic Acid; Wheat Starch), Falafel (17%) (Chickpeas, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Parsley, Dried Onion, Rice Starch, Coriander Leaf, Sugar, Raising Agents: Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate, Ammonium Carbonate; Coriander Powder, Cumin Powder, Garlic Purée, Salt, Black Pepper), Houmous (12%) (Chickpeas, Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic, Salt), Red Pepper, Cucumber, Red Pepper and Chilli Chutney (5%) (Sugar, Red Pepper, Apple, Tomato, White Wine Vinegar, Dried Onion, Salt, Garlic Powder, Mint, Chilli, Coriander Powder, Cumin Powder, Ginger Powder), Spinach, Carrot, Mint Dressing (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Mint, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Pea Protein, Brown Mustard Seeds, Concentrated Lemon Juice), Cornflour. Allergy advice: For allergens, including containing gluten, see ingredients in bole Source of fibre: Eniou as part of a varied

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
5 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 201st. 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 00237628, last edited 25 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.