Engine 2: Traditional Hummus

3/5
I've heard a lot of great things from Engine 2 products for being natural and great tasting... Maybe it only applied to their burgers. Honestly, i only bought this product because it was 2 for $3 at whole foods and this cheap girl never misses a sale. I missed the fact that the front said "no added oils, low fat, low sodium". I'm not really fan of low fat things from past experience, especially something that is supposed to be made a little bit in the higher calorie side. At first taste i was like "hm not bad". Then i had some from a leftover tub of the traditional hummus by pita pal and then another of the engine 2 hummus and i ended up eating naked celery sticks. So like a lot of these modified healthy products, it was just what i expected: bland bland bland and bland. But maybe it's because i have an expensive tongue like my family says. If you're really desperate to enjoying hummus without packing on the calories i would suggest this one.



INGREDIENTS: fresh steamed chick peas, water, sesame seeds, lemon juice, garlic, sea salt, cumin, guar gum

NUTRITIONAL INFO:
serving size: 2 tbsp (28g)
calories: 25
 calories from fat: 5
total fat: 1g
saturated fat: 0g
trans fat: 0g
cholest.: 0g
sodium: 50mg
total carb: 4g
fiber: 1g
sugars: 1g
protein: 1g
vitamin A: 0%
vitamin C: 0%
calcium: 2%
iron: 2%

so the nutrition value is great. It's low calorie compared to regular hummus since they replace tahini with sesame seeds, it's low in sodium and high in protein and fiber per serving size. Then again, you're sacrificing a huge part of traditional hummus - THE TASTE ! your best bet is probably to make your own at home and add spices to your taste and still be able to control the fat content. I'm better off with organic hummus by pita pal. Which has no ingredients that my mind can't process like "guar gum". I don't know if it's a bad ingredient or not but anything with the word gum kind of terrifies me. I would have given this a two out of five if the nutrition wasn't this good. Again like i said, i wouldn't recommend this unless you're in some type of diet. Maybe it tastes better on some pita or falafel but i've only gotten to try it with veggies so i wouldn't know. If the nutrition value really impress you though go ahead and give this product a try.