Real numbers · sources cited

Calories in hummus: the dip is fine — the scooping is the meal

The clean number first: plain hummus is USDA FDC 2707402 — 243 kcal per 100 g (7.4 P / 14.9 C / 17.1 F). That's about 70 kcal per generous tablespoon. Nobody gains weight on two tablespoons of chickpeas and tahini. The mezze table is another story:

The honest session math

What actually happens	Amount	kcal
Hummus, restaurant bowl, mostly finished	150 g	≈365
Olive-oil flood on top	1 tbsp	≈120
Pita/khubz for scooping	1½ breads (~130 g, typical flatbread ≈275/100 g)	≈360

A casual "just hummus" mezze session ≈ 500–850 kcal — the dip contributes barely a third. Half of every hummus question is really a bread question.

The good-news reframe: per calorie, hummus carries real protein and fiber and holds a LOW estimated glucose band (fat + fiber blunt the chickpea carbs). Swap half the pita for cucumber and carrots and the session drops ~200 kcal while the dip's virtues stay.

Bowls differ more than brands admit

Restaurant hummus runs oilier than the survey entry; supermarket tubs print exact labels (Proba's barcode scanner reads those offline). For the restaurant bowl, the scan estimates your actual serving — editable grams, cited receipt, same answer every time.

Scan your mezze — free, 3 scans/day

Method & limitations: how Proba counts. Cited entries link to FoodData Central; values per 100 g as published.