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Is Trader Joe's Three Layer Hummus ultra-processed?

320 g Hummus Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Three Layer Hummus

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • No additives

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

perishable, keep refrigerated 9nt gabranzo beans (garbanzo beans, water, salt), water, tahini, ground sea e rol clantro, garlic, jalapenos (jalapenos, water, vinegar, salt), parsle c a mentat dehydrated roasted red bell peppers, red bell peppers, potiton 9p&per concentrate, sunflower oil, ascorbic acid, vitamin c, tocaphro lrlvor extra virgin olive oil, spices, citric, acetic, LACTIC and MALUC AS WACTRED ON SHARED EQUIPMENT WITH PEANUTS, eggs, milk, tree nuts, wheat s dist.&sold exclusively by (trader joe's), monrovia

As written on the pack

PERISHABLE, KEEP REFRIGERATED 9NT GABRANZO BEANS (GARBANZO BEANS, WATER, SALT), WATER, TAHINI (GROUND SEA E ROL CLANTRO, GARLIC, JALAPENOS (JALAPENOS, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT), PARSLE C A MENTAT DEHYDRATED ROASTED RED BELL PEPPERS (ROASTED RED BELL PEPPERS,POTITON 9P&PER CONCENTRATE, SUNFLOWER OIL, ASCORBIC ACID [VITAMIN C AND TOCAPHRO LRLVOR EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, SPICES, CITRIC, ACETIC, LACTIC AND MALUC AS WACTRED ON SHARED EQUIPMENT WITH PEANUTS, EGGS, MILK, TREE NUTS, WHEAT S DIST.&SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY: TRADER JOE'S, MONROVIA,

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 223 hummus

From least to most processed, this one ranks 71st. 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 00808675, last edited 22 February 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.