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Is Tesco Houmous & Harissa Vegetable ultra-processed?

200 g Sandwiches Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Houmous & Harissa Vegetable

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:

  • 46 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed sandwiches

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

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Red Onion, Cooked Chickpeas, Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Spinach, Rapeseed Oil, Sundried Tomatoes, Tomato, Sunflower Oil, Sesame Seeds Paste, Cider Vinegar, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Yeast, Chilli, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Wheat Gluten, Red Chilli, Tomato Paste, Lemon Juice, Faba Bean Protein, Emulsifiers (mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Sugar, Garlic Purée, Garlic, Gram Flour, White Wine Vinegar, Cinnamon, Cumin, Mustard Seed, Paprika, Gelling Agent (Amidated Pectin), Palm Oil, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E440 Pectins , E440ii Amidated pectin , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Red Onion, Cooked Chickpeas, Red Pepper, Yellow Pepper, Spinach, Rapeseed Oil, Sundried Tomatoes, Sundried Tomato Powder, Sunflower Oil, Sesame Seeds Paste, Cider Vinegar, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Yeast, Chilli Flakes, Cornflour, Spirit Vinegar, Wheat Gluten, Red Chilli, Tomato Paste, Lemon Juice, Faba Bean Protein, Emulsifiers (Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Mono - and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Sugar, Garlic Purée, Garlic Powder, Gram Flour, White Wine Vinegar, Cinnamon, Cumin, Mustard Seed, Paprika, Gelling Agent (Amidated Pectin), Palm Oil, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid)

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.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 324 sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 246th. 82% of the sandwiches 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 324 sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753898281, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.