Is Waitrose Houmous With Chickpeas & Spicy Zhoug ultra-processed?

200 g Hummus Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins

33 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

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 34%, water, chickpeas, chickpeas, rapeseed oil tahini 13%, sesame seed pastel water concentrated lemon juice, thoug paste 3% (coriander, rapeseed oil water, parsley concentrated lemon juice, salt (processing marker), danic purée sugar jalapeño chilli flakes, cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, stabiliser (vxanthan gum), colour (ultra-processing marker) (copper complexes of chlorophyllins (ultra-processing marker)), garic saff, cumin seeds, smoked paprika, coriander, chilli powder ALLERGY ADVICE (11.23 POT Recycle Produced for Waitrose Ltd FILM Do Not Recycle RG12 8YA UK waitrose.com 200ge 000169 602171"> RI=% of your daily reference intake e), Protein, Salf 0.37g saturates, Carbohydrate 5.6g Sold per 1, 4 pot, Energy 604k), Fibre, Profein, Salt 20 Fat 23.69

Additives: E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141ii Copper complexes of chlorophyllins

As written on the pack

Cooked chickpeas (34%) (water, chickpeas, whole chickpeas, rapeseed oil tahini (13%) sesame seed pastel water concentrated lemon juice, thoug paste (3%) (coriander, rapeseed oil water, parsley concentrated lemon juice, salt, danic purée sugar jalapeño chilli flakes, ground roasted cumin seeds, ground cardamom, ground cloves, stabiliser (vxanthan gum), colour (copper complexes of chlorophyllins), garic saff, cumin seeds, smoked paprika, ground coriander, chilli powder ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens see ingredients in bold. 11.23 POT Recycle Produced for Waitrose Ltd FILM Do Not Recycle RG12 8YA UK waitrose.com 200ge 000169 602171"> RI=% of your daily reference intake e 2.2g, Protein 3.2g, Salf 0.37g saturates 1.2g, Carbohydrate 5.6g Sold per 1/4 pot. Energy 604k), 0.7g, Fibre 4.3g, Profein 6.4g, Salt 20 Fat 23.69,

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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 209th. 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 5000169602171, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.