Few snacks are more crowd-pleasing than creamy, dreamy, savory hummus. And while you could make a homemade batch, these days it’s easy enough to head to the grocery store and pick up a tub in the refrigerator section. Since the market is saturated with brands and flavors (roasted red pepper! everything bagel! pickle!), we set out to determine the best hummus brand you can buy at the store. After dipping our way through 11 brands (and 22 tubs), here’s what we think is worth your money.
What’s the Best Hummus Brand? We Tried 11—Here’s What’s Worth Your Money
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Published Feb 8, 2023
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Best Hummus Brands, at a Glance:
Katherine Gillen
Scroll down for in-depth reviews of each.
- Best Hummus Brand Overall: Esti Hummus
- Best Garlic Hummus: Haig’s Organic Garlic Hummus
- Best Spicy Hummus: Esti Spicy Love Hummus
- Best Olive Hummus: Amazon Kitchen Olive Hummus
- Creamiest Hummus: Sabra Pine Nut Hummus
- Most Unexpectedly Delicious: Ithaca Lemon Beet Hummus
Our Methodology:
The hummus samples were refrigerated until right before consumption, then stirred and scooped onto plates. We dipped with plain pita chips, rating each on a few key qualities:
- Texture: Our ideal hummus was creamy and spreadable, not grainy or watery.
- Flavor: Was the flavor balanced and well-seasoned, or was it bland or too bitter?
- Quality: This was scored on a combination flavor, texture and overall impressions of the hummus.
- Value: Simply put, is it worth the money?
- Double-Dip Factor: Would we go back for seconds if given the chance?
Our Picks for the Best Hummus Brand of 2023:
Esti Foods
- Value: 18/20
- Quality: 19/20
- Flavor: 19/20
- Texture: 20/20
- Double Dip Factor: 19/20
- Total: 95/100
You might as well call it “bestie” because Esti’s hummus quickly became our favorite of the bunch. That’s because it struck the right balance of creamy and dippable, with no wateriness or graininess. The flavor was well-seasoned but not overly spiced, with no discernible bitterness from the tahini.
Haig's Delicacies
- Value: 19/20
- Quality: 19/20
- Flavor: 18/20
- Texture: 19/20
- Double Dip Factor: 18/20
- Total: 93/100
Many garlic hummuses border on vampire repellent and are too overpowering to be tasty on their own, but Haig’s organic garlic hummus had just the right amount of savory flavor. We appreciated that the texture required no stirring and could see this dip as an excellent addition to a homemade falafel pita.
Esti Foods
- Value: 18/20
- Quality: 19/20
- Flavor: 17/20
- Texture: 19/20
- Double Dip Factor: 18/20
- Total: 91/100
While other brands relied on jalapeños for a kick, Esti stood out from the crowd with its Spicy Love hummus, which is flavored with a combination of sweet Florina peppers from northern Greece and supremely hot piri-piri peppers. This gives it a balanced, slightly smoky heat that will have spice lovers going back for seconds.
Amazzon
- Value: 19/20
- Quality: 18/20
- Flavor: 18/20
- Texture: 16/20
- Double Dip Factor: 17/20
- Total: 88/100
For being such a polarizing flavor, a surprising number of hummus brands offer an “olive” or “tapenade” variety. Among those we tasted, we liked Amazon Kitchen’s the best. The topping was briny without tasting bitter, and the creaminess of the hummus balanced the extra flavor nicely. We could even see self-professed olive haters enjoying this dip.
Sabra
- Value: 19/20
- Quality: 19/20
- Flavor: 18/20
- Texture: 20/20
- Double Dip Factor: 16/20
- Total: 92/100
For the smoothest, richest hummus experience, it’s hard to beat Sabra’s roasted pine nut hummus. The addition of pine nuts subtly enhances the flavor, and it made the texture super-creamy and dippable. This one would pair well with crudité, since it’s not so boldly flavored to overpower fresh vegetables.
Ithaca
- Value: 17/20
- Quality: 17/20
- Flavor: 19/20
- Texture: 16/20
- Double Dip Factor: 17/20
- Total: 86/100
Here’s the deal: This editor hates beets. But Ithaca’s lemon beet hummus was surprisingly delicious. It was bright and fresh, and despite the hot pink hue, didn’t taste anything like sweet dirt (sorry, beets). FWIW, we appreciated Ithaca’s inventive flavor selection as a whole, including its everything bagel hummus and Grillo’s Pickles collab.
And a Few Honorable Mentions:
Listen, the limit does exist on how many hummus brands one can try. We dipped and tastes so many tubs. As such, there were many brands we loved but weren’t able to rank, mostly because they were tasty but lacked a certain “star factor” to earn a best-of-the-best superlative. Here are our honorable mentions (in alphabetical order):
Katherine Gillen is PureWow’s senior food editor. She’s a writer, recipe developer and food stylist with a degree in culinary arts and professional experience in New York City restaurants. She used to sling sugary desserts in a pastry kitchen, but now she’s an avid home cook and fanatic baker.
