Is Simple Truth Organic Roasted Red Pepper Hummus ultra-processed?

28 g Hummus Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

14 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

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

chickpeas (chickpeas, water), red bell pepper, canola oil, sesame tahini, sea salt (processing marker), olive oil (processing marker), garlic, citric acid, paprika, vinegar, sugar (processing marker), red pepper

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

ORGANIC CHICKPEAS (CHICKPEAS & WATER), ORGANIC RED BELL PEPPER, ORGANIC CANOLA OIL, ORGANIC SESAME TAHINI, SEA SALT, ORGANIC OLIVE OIL, ORGANIC GARLIC, CITRIC ACID, ORGANIC PAPRIKA, ORGANIC VINEGAR, ORGANIC SUGAR, ORGANIC CRUSHED RED PEPPER.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 113th. 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 0011110194381, last edited 30 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.