In fact, according to Israel-based hummus manufacturer Sabra Salads, Israelis consume twice as much hummus as their Arab neighbours.
One is the Syrian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Abdullatif Al Dabbagh, SNC spokesman George Sabra said.
"We need to establish the supply chain to meet our growing demand, " says Sabra's chief technology officer, Tulin Tuzel.
Meanwhile, for Sabra Ahmadzai this is a battle that must be fought - even if it takes many years.
Sabra has provided financial support for chickpea research at Virginia State University, and this spring, Virginia State recruited farmers to plant chickpeas in on-farm trials.
Sabra began its first national television advertising campaign earlier this year.
"We stopped at a gas station, and some of our group went to a small mosque to pray there for half an hour, " Sabra said.
PepsiCo, which is the world's biggest salty snack maker, noted that premium products such as Stacy's pita chips and Sabra hummus are seeing particularly strong growth.
Smaller packs appear to be boosting consumption of hummus, "not a staple of the American diet, " says Ken Kunze, chief marketing officer for Sabra Dipping Co.
The growth has caught the attention of big food companies like PepsiCo, which bought a 50% stake in Sabra in 2008, and Kraft Foods Group Inc.
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