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Is Tesco Caramelised Onion Houmous ultra-processed?

182g Hummus Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Caramelised Onion 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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Cooked Chickpeas 40% (Water, Chickpeas), Onion 22% (Onion, White Wine Vinegar, Muscovado Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée), Rapeseed Oil, Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Garlic

As written on the pack

Cooked Chickpeas (40%) [Water, Chickpeas], Caramelized Onion (22%) [Onion, White Wine Vinegar, Muscovado Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Garlic Purée], Rapeseed Oil, Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Garlic. Allergy Advice

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 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 5063445798159, last edited 16 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.