Is Tesco Plant Chef Falafel & Houmous ultra-processed?

85g Hummus Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt

23 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

Less processed hummus

Moroccan Style Houmous Marks & Spencer 15 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Hummus Traditional Fontaine Santé 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Hummus Roasted Red Pepper Fontaine Santé 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 2
Hummus Roasted Garlic Aioli Farmers Garden 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 2

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

Falafel 58% (Chickpeas, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Potato, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Salt (processing marker), Coriander, Cumin, Parsley, White Pepper), Houmous (Chickpeas, Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt (processing marker), Garlic Purée, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid))

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Falafel (58%) [Chickpeas, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Onion, Dried Potato, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Reconstituted Garlic, Salt, Coriander, Cumin, Parsley, White Pepper], Houmous [Chickpeas, Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Rapeseed Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Garlic Purée, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)].

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 128th. 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 5059697759284, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.