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Is The Deli Red Pepper Houmous ultra-processed?

200g Hummus Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of The Deli Red Pepper 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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 1 additive

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 46% (Chickpeas, Water), red pepper 17%, Rapeseed Oil, sesame seed paste 11%, concentrated lemon juice 4%, sunblushⓡ red pepper tapenade 4% (SunBlush Red Pepper, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Concentrate, Olive Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Salt, Sugar), Garlic Purée, Salt, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate

As written on the pack

COOKED CHICKPEAS (46%) (Chickpeas, Water), RED PEPPER PURÉE (17%), Rapeseed Oil, SESAME SEED PASTE (11%), CONCENTRATED LEMON JUICE (4%), SUNBLUSHⓇ RED PEPPER TAPENADE (4%) (SunBlush Red Pepper, Rapeseed Oil, Tomato Concentrate, Olive Oil, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Garlic, Salt, Sugar), Garlic Purée, Salt, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate.

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 122nd. 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 4088600187273, last edited 29 May 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.