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Is Spicy Chickpea Salad ultra-processed?

Dips Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Spicy Chickpea Salad

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed dips

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 67%, vegetable mix 16% (peppers 8%, sundried tomatoes 3.3%, spring onions, parsley, preservative (potassium sorbate)), lemon juice (lemon juice, citric acid, preservative, sodium metabisulphite), vegetable oil (sunflower vegetable oil), salt (salt, anti-cake agent (sodium ferrocyanide)), chilli sauce 1%, citric acid, mint, chilli 0.1%, black pepper (black pepper corns, rice flour), white cheese (cows milk, salt, culture rennet)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E330 Citric acid , E535 Sodium ferrocyanide

As written on the pack

Cooked chickpeas (67%), vegetable mix (16%) (diced peppers (8%), sundried tomatoes (3.3%), spring onions, parsley, preservative potassium sorbate), lemon juice (concentrate lemon juice, citric acid, preservative, sodium metabisulphite), vegetable oil (sunflower), salt (salt, anti-cake agent: sodium ferrocyanide), chilli sauce (1%), citric acid, mint, chilli flakes (0.1%), black pepper (black pepper corns, rice flour), white cheese (milk) (semi-skimmed cows milk, salt, culture rennet). For allergens see ingredients in bold.

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 433 dips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 245th. 43% of the dips 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 433 dips, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5018811000008, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.