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← Obour Foods Zero preservatives

No preservatives. Just made fresh.

Nothing in our jars is there to make them last longer. No potassium sorbate, no sodium benzoate, no stabilizers or gums, and no vinegar, citric acid or lemon juice concentrate to bring the pH down. Our hummus and toum get their tang from fresh-squeezed organic lemon juice, and we make everything fresh every week.

Tubs of Classic, Berbere, Red Beet, Zhoug and Hot Curry hummus with their garnishes, packed together from above

How we keep it fresh

Made fresh, kept cold, sold fast.

Made every week

We cook chickpeas, grind tahini and whip toum in our own San Francisco kitchen every week, in small batches.

Jars of Obour hummus and toum packed in ice

Kept cold the whole way

Hummus and toum stay refrigerated from our kitchen to the store, delivered by our own team on our own trucks.

A wall of stacked Obour glass jars

Sealed in glass

Every jar is glass, washed and sanitized before it's filled, including the ones you bring back to us.

Honest dates

Hummus keeps for 10 days, toum for 8 weeks and pita chips for 12 weeks from when they're made. Tahini is shelf-stable. Check the best-by date on the jar or tub.

The trade-off

A shorter shelf life, on purpose.

Preservatives are there to stretch shelf life. We'd rather make less, more often, and get it to you while it still tastes like it was just made. Keep hummus and toum in the fridge, and stir tahini before you use it.

Common in packaged dips

Potassium sorbate or sodium benzoate
Vinegar, citric acid or lemon juice concentrate to bring the pH down
Gums and stabilizers

Obour

None of them, in anything we make
Just fresh-squeezed organic lemon juice
Made every week in San Francisco

Check for yourself

Every ingredient, every jar.

The full ingredient list for everything we make. Nothing on it is a preservative.

Classic hummusChickpeas^*, sesame seeds^*, lemon juice^*, water, extra-virgin olive oil^*, garlic^*, spices, salt

Red Beet hummusChickpeas^*, sesame seeds^*, water, lemon juice^*, extra-virgin olive oil^*, beets^*, garlic^*, spices, salt, black sesame seeds

Black Bean hummusBlack beans^*, sesame seeds^*, water, lemon juice^*, extra-virgin olive oil^*, eggplant, red bell pepper, garlic^*, salt, spices

Zhoug hummusChickpeas^*, sesame seeds^*, water, lemon juice^*, extra-virgin olive oil^*, garlic^*, cilantro, parsley, serrano peppers, spices, salt

Berbere hummusChickpeas^*, sesame seeds^*, water, lemon juice^*, extra-virgin olive oil^*, eggplant, garlic^*, spices, salt, black sesame seeds

Hot Curry hummusChickpeas^*, sesame seeds^*, water, lemon juice^*, extra-virgin olive oil^*, sundried tomatoes, garlic^*, spices, salt

Garlic toumOlive oil, water, garlic^*, lemon juice^*, salt

Gochujang toumOlive oil, water, garlic^*, lemon juice^*, dates^*, red chili peppers, salt, soybeans^*, koji^*

Awaze toumOlive oil, water, garlic^*, lemon juice^*, Mareko chiles, salt, senafich, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon

Toasted tahiniOrganic white hulled sesame seeds

Date tahiniSesame seeds^*, dates^*, olive oil^*

Pomegranate tahiniSesame seeds^*, pomegranates^*, dates^*, olive oil^*

Pita ChipsWheat flour, organic extra-virgin olive oil, salt, black pepper, water, yeast, cane sugar, cultured wheat

^* Organic.