Is Tesco Jalapeno & Red Pepper Houmous ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 13 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed hummus
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NOVA group
1
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Hummus Traditional
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NOVA group
1
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Hummus Roasted Red Pepper
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NOVA group
2
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Hummus Roasted Garlic Aioli
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NOVA group
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cooked Chickpeas 49% (Water, Chickpeas), Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Red Pepper, Green Jalapeño Chilli 5%, Red Jalapeño Chilli 3%, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Salt (processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker)
As written on the pack
Cooked Chickpeas (49%) [Water, Chickpeas], Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Red Pepper, Green Jalapeño Chilli (5%), Red Jalapeño Chilli (3%), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Salt, Sea Salt.
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.
Among 223 hummus
From least to most processed, this one ranks 57th. 25% of the hummus here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5053526421946, 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.
- 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.