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Is Specially Selected Feta, Garlic & Herb Hummus Crisps ultra-processed?

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Pack of Specially Selected Feta, Garlic & Herb Hummus Crisps

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

hummus chip (chickpea flour, white rice flour, tapioca starch, non gmo cane sugar, salt, cumin, garlic), sunflower oil, maltodextrin, salt, garlic, natural flavors, cane sugar, spices, onion, lemon juice, lactic acid, citric acid, whey

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

HUMMUS CHIP (CHICKPEA FLOUR, WHITE RICE FLOUR, TAPIOCA STARCH, NON GMO CANE SUGAR, SALT, CUMIN POWDER, GARLIC POWDER), SUNFLOWER OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, CANE SUGAR, SPICES, ONION POWDER, LEMON JUICE, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, WHEY

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100051421, last edited 29 June 2025), 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.