Black Swan Dips

Taste

This was part of a Christmas Entertainer collection from Black Swan and included 2 dips. The Gourmet Hommus uses top grade ingredients and it shows. This is unlike all the cheaper quality hommus on the market. Instead you get a very nutty and not so oily hommus. The colour is also more natural too.

The Basil with Chilli and Pinenuts is also of top quality, but I found the basil a bit more bitter than I like. However, this dip is not as oily as some others out there so I like that. All in all, some pretty decent stuff for a very reasonable price.

I recently got the opportunity to dry the "normal" hommus for comparison, and apart from it being a little bit too lemony, was also very pleasant, not as good as the "gourmet" mind you, but you do get what you pay for. I was very interested in looking at the ingredients list which used canola oil and thickeners instead.

Rating - 7.5

Look

Great Christmas packaging, but it means they can't sell this after Christmas. The colour of the dips do look fresher.

Rating - 2

C-factor

2 150g dips, plus a dipping bowl, for the bargain price of $3, bought after Christmas. I should have got more!

Rating - 2

Swiss Points - 11.5

Ingredients

Gourmet Hommus

cooked chickpeas (76%), sesame seed paste, extra virgin olive oil (7%), garlic, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, sugar, food acid (2%), herbs & spices

Basil with Chilli and Pinenuts

cashews, vegetable oil, spinach, basil (12%), pinenuts (10%), parmesan cheese (milk microbial rennet, lactic culture), extra virgin olive oil, garlic, chilli (1%), vinegar, salt, sugar, food acid, herbs & spices

hommus

cooked chickpeas (60%), vegetable oil (canola), sesame seed paste, garlic, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, sugar, herbs and spices, food acid, thickeneres

Available At

Supermarkets everywhere