Is Tesco Sweet chilli houmous ultra-processed?

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
Sugar

16 ingredients
No additives
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

Cooked Chickpeas 52% (Water, Chickpeas), Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Red Chilli Purée 9% (Sugar (processing marker), Red Chilli Purée, White Wine Vinegar, Ginger, Garlic Purée, Cornflour), Rapeseed Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Cooked Chickpeas (52%) [Water, Chickpeas], Water, Tahini Sesame Seed Paste, Sweetened Red Chilli Purée (9%) [Sugar, Red Chilli Purée, White Wine Vinegar, Ginger Purée, Garlic Purée, Cornflour], Rapeseed Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Salt. Suitable for vegans

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 63rd. 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 5053526262419, last edited 13 September 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.