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Snack dips: what's actually in it?

Five different products share the dip shelf, and the names hide the differences. Salsa is tomato (or tomatillo) with chilli, onion and vinegar — usually no dairy, no chickpea. Hummus is cooked chickpeas blended with tahini (sesame paste), oil, garlic and lemon/citric acid. Guacamole is avocado-based, with tomato, onion and lime in the fresh versions — but a jar labelled "guacamole style" may contain very little avocado. Cheese dip / queso is a processed-cheese sauce: water and cheese first, with starch, oil and colouring holding it together. And tzatziki is yoghurt with cucumber and garlic. The front of the jar rarely says how much of the named ingredient is actually in it; the ingredient list — and the percentage, where stated — does.

This page covers ready-to-eat dips sold in Singapore: salsa, hummus, guacamole, cheese dip, tzatziki, sour-cream dip and similar, chilled and shelf-stable. Chips, crackers and tortillas themselves are a separate category and are not included here — a dip is panelled here even if it is sold next to the chips. This page does not give a health score or a "best" pick.

The headline, in 30 seconds

Only one panelled dip in this pass comes from a Singapore retailer ingredient section: Cholula Salsa — Original (Medium), from FairPrice. Tomato, onion, jalapeño, vinegar, water, tomato paste, salt, garlic, arbol pepper, cumin, cilantro and spices. No cheese, no starch, no added sugar listed.
Hummus is chickpeas first — but how much chickpea varies. Obela Classic lists cooked chickpeas at 73% with tahini at 13%; Obela Zesty Jalapeño lists chickpeas at 61% with jalapeño at 12% and tahini at 11%. The percentage is part of the comparison, not a detail.
Cheese dips are mostly water, not cheese. Both Tostitos cheese dips panelled here list water first, then Monterey Jack cheese, then oil and modified starch — and the Smooth & Cheesy version adds sugar, monosodium glutamate and artificial colour (Yellow 6, Yellow 5). They are processed sauces, not melted cheese.
Salsa recipes are short; cheese-dip recipes are long. The Tostitos chunky salsas list about a dozen ingredients, most of them tomato, chilli and onion. The cheese dips list twenty or more, including starches, emulsifiers (DATEM, sodium hexametaphosphate), maltodextrin and colour extracts.
The biggest FairPrice dip brands are NOT panelled yet. Delphi (9 hummus/tzatziki/aubergine dips), Santa Maria (5 salsas/guacamole/cheese dips), Casa del Sur (3), Biona, La Costeña and Old El Paso are all confirmed on sale at FairPrice but no verbatim ingredient list was retrievable for any of them in this pass — see seen-but-not-verified. Do not treat this page as a ranking of the Singapore shelf until those are panelled.
Rate-limit warning, 5–6 November 2026: web search hit its rate limit (429) after the FairPrice inventory batch, and the follow-up page fetches failed the same way. That is why the Delphi / Santa Maria / Casa del Sur / Biona / La Costeña / Old El Paso ingredient sections and the Giant, Sheng Siong, Donki, Mustafa, Meidi-Ya, Le Petit Depot, Little Farms, RedMart, Lazada and Shopee SG inventories are all still open gaps on this page — not because those products do not exist. They need a fresh pass (or SG pack photos) before this page can claim to cover the Singapore dip shelf.

At a glance

Product	Type	First ingredient	Named ingredient % (where stated)	Pack size (as printed)	Country of manufacture (as printed)
Cholula Salsa — Original (Medium)	Salsa	Tomato	Not stated	340g	not stated
Obela Grab & Go Hummus — Classic	Hummus	Cooked chickpeas	Chickpeas 73%, tahini 13%	125g	not stated
Obela Hummus — Zesty Jalapeño	Hummus	Cooked chickpeas	Chickpeas 61%, jalapeño 12%, tahini 11%	220g	not stated
Obela Hummus — Pine Nut Garnished	Hummus	Cooked chickpea	Chickpea 68%, tahini 12%, pine nut 1%	220g	not stated
Tostitos Chunky Salsa — Mild	Salsa	Tomato purée	Not stated	15.5 oz	not stated
Tostitos Chunky Salsa — Medium	Salsa	Tomato purée	Not stated	15.5 oz	not stated
Tostitos Restaurant Style Salsa	Salsa	Diced tomatoes in tomato juice	Not stated	15.5 oz	not stated
Tostitos Medium Salsa Con Queso	Cheese dip (queso)	Water	Not stated	15 oz	not stated
Tostitos Smooth & Cheesy Dip	Cheese dip	Water	Not stated	15 oz	not stated
Tostitos Zesty Taco Flavored Dip	Cheese/taco dip	Water	Not stated	15 oz	not stated

Panelled with verbatim lists: 10 products. Only 1 of the 10 (Cholula) is panelled from a Singapore retailer ingredient section; the other 9 are flagged secondary / non-SG lists (see each card) and are not presented as SG pack lists — their SG availability was not verified in this pass. Seen-but-not-verified: 27 named products (see the list below), plus the un-inventoried Giant / Sheng Siong / Donki / Mustafa / Meidi-Ya / Le Petit Depot / Little Farms / RedMart / Lazada / Shopee SG dip ranges.

Prices are deliberately not shown here: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only.

Salsa — tomato, chilli, onion, vinegar

Cholula Salsa — Original (Medium)

Pack size: 340g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (FairPrice ingredient section): Tomato, Onion, Jalapeno Pepper, Distilled Vinegar, Water, Tomato Paste, Salt, Dehydrated Garlic, Arbol Pepper, Cumin, Dehydrated Cilantro, Spices & Natural Flavor.

The one SG-retailer-verified panel on this page. A short, recognisable salsa list: tomato and onion first, jalapeño and arbol pepper for heat, vinegar and tomato paste, cumin and cilantro for flavour. No added sugar, no starch, no cheese, no preservative listed. Salsa SG retailer list No added sugar listed

Tostitos Chunky Salsa — Mild

Pack size: 15.5 oz · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US label, via EWG / Open Food Facts — non-SG, SG availability not verified): Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Jalapeño Peppers, Onions, And Less Than 2% Of The Following: Vinegar, Salt, Potassium Salt, Natural Flavors, And Garlic Powder.

The mild version of the same pattern as the medium below: tomato purée and diced tomatoes first, jalapeño and onion, then vinegar, salt and garlic powder under 2%. Flag: US/Canada-market list — do not treat it as the SG jar's list. Tostitos salsa is a US Frito-Lay product; the SG jar, if sold here, needs its own pack check. Salsa Non-SG list — flagged

Tostitos Chunky Salsa — Medium

Pack size: 15.5 oz · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US label, via EWG — non-SG, SG availability not verified): Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Onions, Jalapeño Peppers, And Less Than 2% Of The Following: Vinegar, Salt, Potassium Salt, Natural Flavors, And Garlic Powder.

Near-identical to the mild version, with onion ahead of jalapeño in the order — the mild/medium difference is in the chilli balance, not in a different recipe structure. Same flag as above: US list, not an SG pack list. Salsa Non-SG list — flagged

Tostitos Restaurant Style Salsa

Pack size: 15.5 oz · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US label, via Open Food Facts — non-SG, SG availability not verified): Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Water, Peeled Ground Tomatoes In Tomato Purée, Onions, Jalapeño Peppers, 2% Salt, Potassium Salt, Vinegar, Pectin, Spices (Cilantro), Tomato Paste, Natural Flavors, Garlic Powder.

A thinner, restaurant-style salsa: diced tomatoes first rather than tomato purée, with pectin as a thickener and cilantro named as the spice. Salt is stated at 2%. Same flag as above: US list (countries sold: Bolivia, United States per Open Food Facts), not an SG pack list. Salsa Non-SG list — flagged

Hummus — chickpeas and tahini

Obela Grab & Go Hummus — Classic 125g

Pack size: 125g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (label transcription via Spoonful — secondary, SG availability not verified): Cooked Chickpeas (73%), Tahini (13%) [sesame Seeds], Canola Oil, Garlic, Salt, Food Acid (citric Acid), Preservative (202). Contains: Sesame Seeds.

The highest chickpea share panelled here (73%) and the highest tahini share (13%). Short list: chickpeas, tahini, canola oil, garlic, salt, citric acid, preservative (202 — potassium sorbate). Flag: Spoonful is a label-transcription app, a secondary source, and no SG retailer listing was verified for this product in this pass — Obela is an Australian brand, so the SG tub needs a pack check before this is treated as the SG list. Hummus Chickpeas 73% Allergen: sesame Secondary source — flagged

Obela Hummus — Zesty Jalapeño

Pack size: 220g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (label transcription via Spoonful — secondary, SG availability not verified): Cooked Chickpeas (61%), Jalapeno (12%), Canola Oil, Tahini (11%) (sesame Seed), Garlic, Salt, Vinegar, Food Acid (citric Acid), Herbs And Spices, Preservative (202). Contains: Sesame Seeds. May Contain Milk, Sulphites And Tree Nuts.

The jalapeño version trades chickpea share for heat: chickpeas fall from 73% to 61%, jalapeño is 12% (second ingredient), tahini 11%. Vinegar appears here but not in the classic. Same flag as above: secondary transcription, SG tub unverified. Hummus Chickpeas 61% Jalapeño 12% Allergen: sesame Secondary source — flagged

Obela Hummus — Pine Nut Garnished

Pack size: 220g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (label transcription via Spoonful — secondary, SG availability not verified): Cooked Chickpea (68%), Tahini (12%) (Sesame), Canola Oil, Food Acid (Citric Acid), Roasted Capsicum, Garlic, Salt, Roasted Pine Nut (1%), Herbs and Spices, Preservative (202).

Chickpeas 68%, tahini 12%, with roasted capsicum and just 1% roasted pine nut — the "garnished" nut is a small share, not a main ingredient. No garlic-free claim here; garlic is listed. Same flag as above: secondary transcription, SG tub unverified. Hummus Chickpeas 68% Pine nut 1% Allergen: sesame, tree nut (pine nut) Secondary source — flagged

Cheese dip / queso — water first, cheese second

Tostitos Medium Salsa Con Queso

Pack size: 15 oz · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US label, via EWG — non-SG, SG availability not verified): Water, Skim Milk, Monterey Jack Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Vegetable Oil (Canola, Corn, And/Or Sunflower Oil), Modified Food Starch, Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Jalapeño Peppers, Chile Peppers, Red Bell Peppers, Corn Maltodextrin, And Less Than 2% Of Salt, Natural Flavors, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Mono- And Diglycerides, Datem, Paprika Extract (Color), Annatto Extract (Color), Spices, And Beta Carotene (Color). CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS.

Water first, skim milk second, cheese third — this is a cheese-flavoured sauce, not melted cheese. Modified food starch and maltodextrin thicken it; sodium hexametaphosphate, mono- and diglycerides and DATEM are emulsifiers/stabilisers; paprika, annatto and beta-carotene supply the orange colour. Tomato, jalapeño and chile peppers make it a salsa-queso hybrid. Same flag as the other Tostitos rows: US list, not an SG pack list. Cheese dip Water first Allergen: milk Non-SG list — flagged

Tostitos Smooth & Cheesy Dip

Pack size: 15 oz · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US label, via EWG — non-SG, SG availability not verified): Water, Monterey Jack Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Sunflower Oil And/Or Canola Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Maltodextrin, Whey Protein Concentrate, And Less Than 2% Of The Following: Sugar, Salt, Natural Flavor, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Buttermilk, Monosodium Glutamate, Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Sodium Phosphate), Whey Protein, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Datem, Sodium Phosphate, And Artificial Color (Yellow 6, Yellow 5). Contains Milk Ingredients.

The longest list panelled here. Water and Monterey Jack first, then oil, modified corn starch and maltodextrin — and under 2%: sugar, monosodium glutamate, and artificial colour (Yellow 6, Yellow 5), which the Con Queso version does not list. Two cheeses are named (Monterey Jack and cheddar), but both sit behind water and starch in the recipe structure. Same flag: US list, not an SG pack list. Cheese dip Water first Added sugar: sugar (<2%) Artificial colour: Yellow 6, Yellow 5 Allergen: milk Non-SG list — flagged

Tostitos Zesty Taco Flavored Dip

Pack size: 15 oz · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (US label, via Prospre / USDA — non-SG, SG availability not verified): Water, Sunflower and/or Canola Oil, Red Bell Peppers, Chili Peppers, Roasted Tomatoes, Whey Protein Concentrate, Modified Tapioca Starch, and Less than 2% of the Following: Spices, Salt, Onions, Vinegar, DATEM, Garlic Powder, Yeast Extract, Sugar, Paprika Extracts, Natural Flavors, Onion Powder, Lactic Acid, and Xanthan Gum.

Water and oil first, then peppers and roasted tomatoes — no cheese is named at all in this taco-flavoured dip, despite it sitting in the cheese-dip set; whey protein concentrate and lactic acid supply the dairy note, and sugar appears under 2%. Same flag: US list, not an SG pack list. Taco dip Water first No cheese named Added sugar: sugar (<2%) Non-SG list — flagged

FairPrice — the extensive dip shelf (inventory, 5 November 2026)

FairPrice's dips category page and its similar-products listings confirm a much wider SG dip shelf than the 10 panels above. None of the products below is panelled, because no verbatim ingredient list was retrievable for any of them in this pass (see the rate-limit note above). They are inventoried here so they are not mistaken for missing products, and each one needs its FairPrice ingredient section (or an SG pack photo) before panelling.

Delphi (9): Fresh Classic Hummus Dip (Gluten and Dairy Free, Vegan), Fresh Low Fat Hummus Dip, Fresh Avocado Hummus Dip, Chargrilled Red Pepper Hummus Dip, Lemon and Coriander Hummus Dip, Fresh Black Olive Hummus Dip, Tzatziki Dip (Gluten Free), Fresh Aubergine Dip, Smoky Paprika & Red Lentil Houmous (Vegan & Gluten Free).
Santa Maria (5): Chunky Salsa — Hot, Salsa Dip — Hot, Dip Tex Mex Style (Guacamole), Dip Nachos Cheese Style 250g, Salsa — Pineapple.
Casa del Sur (3): Guacamole Salsa, Mexicana Salsa, Cheese Salsa (listed on FairPrice as "Chesse Salsa").
Others at FairPrice (4): Biona Organic Salsa Dip Sauce — Mild, La Costeña Salsa Dip Medium 453g, Old El Paso Chunky Salsa Mild Dip 312g, Tartufi Jimmy Truffle Cheese Dip.
Mezete (2): Classic Hummus Dip 215g, Sun Dried Tomato Hummus — listed at FairPrice; no ingredient section retrieved.
Yumi's (1): Classic Recipe Dip — Traditional Hummus / Middle Eastern Hommus — a partial list was retrieved (cooked chickpeas 66%, canola oil, tahini paste, acidity regulator 575, salt, food acids starting with citric acid, acetic…) but it truncates mid-list, so it is not panelled as a complete verbatim list.
Not in scope, noted so it is not chased: Monin Caramel Sauce (500ml), featured on FairPrice's dips category page, is a sweet dessert sauce, not a savoury snack dip, and is excluded.

Cold Storage — guacamole (inventory, from a 2024 promotion)

Cold Storage ran a festive promotion (to 11 December 2024) featuring Freshcourt Classic Guacamole (8oz), Freshcourt Pico de Gallo Guacamole (8oz) and Freshcourt Jalapeño Guacamole (8oz). That is the only Cold Storage dip evidence retrieved in this pass, it is from 2024, and current availability was not verified — so all three are seen-but-not-verified, not panelled. Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page, so its dip shelf needs in-store pack photos, as with its juice shelf.

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Delphi — all 9 dips above (Classic, Low Fat, Avocado, Chargrilled Red Pepper, Lemon and Coriander, Black Olive, Tzatziki, Aubergine, Smoky Paprika & Red Lentil Houmous) — confirmed at FairPrice; no verbatim list retrieved in this pass.
Santa Maria — all 5 above (Chunky Salsa Hot, Salsa Dip Hot, Tex Mex Guacamole dip, Nachos Cheese dip, Pineapple salsa) — confirmed at FairPrice; no verbatim list retrieved.
Casa del Sur — all 3 above (Guacamole, Mexicana, Cheese/Chesse Salsa) — confirmed at FairPrice; no verbatim list retrieved.
Biona Organic Salsa Dip Sauce — Mild; La Costeña Salsa Dip Medium 453g; Old El Paso Chunky Salsa Mild Dip 312g; Tartufi Jimmy Truffle Cheese Dip — confirmed at FairPrice; no verbatim list retrieved.
Mezete Classic Hummus Dip 215g; Mezete Sun Dried Tomato Hummus — listed at FairPrice; no ingredient section retrieved.
Yumi's Classic Recipe Dip — Traditional Hummus / Middle Eastern Hommus — partial list only (see FairPrice section above); full list truncates mid-way, so not panelled.
Freshcourt Classic Guacamole, Pico de Gallo Guacamole, Jalapeño Guacamole (8oz) — Cold Storage 2024 promotion only; current availability and no ingredient list verified.
Giant, Sheng Siong, Don Don Donki, Mustafa, Meidi-Ya, Le Petit Depot, Little Farms, RedMart, Lazada and Shopee Singapore dip ranges — not inventoried with verified lists in this pass (browser search rate-limited after the FairPrice batch). House-brand dips, Donki/Mustafa/Meidi-Ya parallel-imported dips, and Lazada/Shopee parallel-import dips are the likeliest missing brands and must be inventoried before any completeness claim.
Obela and Tostitos SG availability — the 9 flagged panels above are non-SG/secondary lists; whether the SG tubs/jars sold in Singapore carry the same lists is unverified. Do not present any of them as an SG pack list.
Sour-cream dip, and any SG-made / deli-counter dips — no sour-cream dip and no SG-made deli dip with a retrievable verbatim list was found in this pass; they are a known gap, not an absence. Chilled deli-counter dips in particular may be sold without a printed ingredient list and need a counter-label check.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

No per-100g nutrition panel was verified in this pass for any panelled dip, so there is no nutrition table on this page. No figure is estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours. The nutrition section will be added when SG pack panels (or verified retailer nutrition sections) are retrieved for the panelled products.

Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. When figures are added, the table will show sodium as printed (in mg) with the salt equivalent in brackets. Sodium will not be presented as salt, and salt will not be presented as sodium.

Total vs added sugars: most Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure will never be labelled here as "added sugar". Where a source states an added-sugars figure separately, it will be noted in the research notes. The ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar (sugar, sucrose, glucose syrup) versus naturally occurring sugars.

No official Singapore Nutri-Grade (A–D) was found printed on any dip listing retrieved in this pass, so none is quoted here; no grade has been assigned. Dips are not in the Nutri-Grade beverage scope in any case — a grade must never be invented for them.

Seen but not verified (nutrition): all 10 panelled products — Cholula Salsa Original (Medium), Obela Classic, Obela Zesty Jalapeño, Obela Pine Nut Garnished, Tostitos Chunky Salsa Mild, Tostitos Chunky Salsa Medium, Tostitos Restaurant Style Salsa, Tostitos Medium Salsa Con Queso, Tostitos Smooth & Cheesy Dip, Tostitos Zesty Taco Flavored Dip — plus all 27 seen-but-not-verified products above. Their ingredient panels (where panelled) are unchanged; their nutrition figures are not estimated here.

How to read a dip label — the jargon, in plain English

Salsa vs salsa con queso: Salsa is tomato/chilli/onion. "Salsa con queso" adds cheese sauce — check whether water or cheese comes first, because that tells you whether it is mainly cheese or mainly a thickened sauce.
Hummus / houmous: The same chickpea-and-tahini dip, spelled two ways. The chickpea percentage matters: 73% chickpeas is a different product from 61% chickpeas with 12% jalapeño, even under the same brand.
Tahini: Sesame seed paste. It is the second defining hummus ingredient after chickpeas, and it is a sesame allergen — "contains sesame" on a hummus label is expected, not a surprise.
Guacamole vs "guacamole style": Real guacamole lists avocado first. A jar that lists water, oil or tomato first with avocado further down is a guacamole-flavoured dip, not guacamole — check the avocado share where it is stated.
Tzatziki: Yoghurt with cucumber, garlic and usually dill/lemon. If the first ingredient is not yoghurt (or strained yoghurt), it is not tzatziki in the usual sense.
Modified food starch / maltodextrin / DATEM / sodium hexametaphosphate: Thickeners, emulsifiers and stabilisers common in shelf-stable cheese dips. They are what keep a cheese sauce smooth and pourable from a jar; a fresh chilled dip usually does not need them.
Preservative (202): Potassium sorbate, a preservative used in chilled hummus to extend shelf life. Its presence is normal for a packaged chilled dip and does not make it a different type of product.
"No added sugar" vs "no sugar": A dip can contain naturally occurring sugars (from tomato, onion or chickpea) without added sugar. "No added sugar" means none was added during manufacture; check the ingredient list for sugar, sucrose or glucose syrup rather than relying on the front label.

What this page is not

Not a health score, and not a "best" pick. Salsa, hummus, guacamole, cheese dip and tzatziki are different products, and this page does not rank them.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; ingredients change less often, but still change.
Not complete. Only 1 of the 10 panels is from a Singapore retailer ingredient section; the other 9 are flagged non-SG/secondary lists. The largest FairPrice dip brands (Delphi, Santa Maria, Casa del Sur) are inventoried but not panelled, and Giant, Sheng Siong, Donki, Mustafa, Meidi-Ya, Le Petit Depot, Little Farms, RedMart, Lazada and Shopee SG were not inventoried in this pass. No nutrition table exists yet, for the verification reasons given, not hidden.

Sources and method

Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: FairPrice dips category page and similar-products listings (inventory — Delphi, Santa Maria, Casa del Sur, Biona, La Costeña, Old El Paso, Tartufi Jimmy, Mezete, Yumi's); FairPrice ingredient section for Cholula Salsa Original (Medium); Spoonful label transcriptions for Obela Classic, Zesty Jalapeño and Pine Nut Garnished (secondary); EWG label captures for Tostitos Chunky Salsa Mild/Medium, Medium Salsa Con Queso and Smooth & Cheesy Dip (US); Open Food Facts for Tostitos Chunky Salsa Mild (Canada/France) and Restaurant Style Salsa (US); Prospre/USDA for Tostitos Zesty Taco Flavored Dip (US); a 2024 Cold Storage festive promotion page for Freshcourt guacamole (inventory only). Rate limit 5–6 November 2026: browser search returned 429 (too many requests) after the FairPrice batch and page fetches failed the same way, so the FairPrice ingredient sections for Delphi, Santa Maria, Casa del Sur, Biona, La Costeña and Old El Paso, and the Giant/Sheng Siong/Donki/Mustafa/Meidi-Ya/Le Petit Depot/Little Farms/RedMart/Lazada/Shopee SG inventories, were not retrievable in this pass and are recorded as gaps, not as absences. Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Nutrition section added 5–6 November 2026: no per-100g panel was verified for any product, so no nutrition table is published on this page; figures are standardised to per 100 g or per 100 ml where the source gives per-100 figures; per-serving-only figures are labelled as such and are not converted; sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars; salt = sodium × 2.5. Where a full pack list could not be verified, the product is in seen-but-not-verified instead of being panelled.