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Black-eyed pea on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Black-eyed pea is a kind of pulse. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 294 products, most often in beans and pulses.

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Does black-eyed pea contain an allergen?

Black-eyed pea is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is black-eyed pea vegan?

Yes. Black-eyed pea is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does black-eyed pea have on a label?

In English black-eyed pea can also read “blackeye peas”, “black eye beans” or “black eyed beans”. On European labels it is “dolique à oeil noir” in French, “Augenbohnen” in German and “zwarte oogbonen” in Dutch. The other 4 languages are listed below.

In Englishblackeye peasblack eye beansblack eyed beans
French
dolique à oeil noir, cornille
German
Augenbohnen
Dutch
zwarte oogbonen
Portuguese
feijão-frade, feijão frade
Finnish
lehmäpapu, pitkäpapu
Hungarian
homoki bab
Croatian
crnooki grašak

Which foods contain black-eyed pea?

Open Food Facts lists black-eyed pea in the ingredients of 294 products, most often beans and pulses, vegetables and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and Portugal.

  • Beans and pulses67
  • Vegetables60
  • Ready meals59
  • Sandwiches3
  • Dressings and sauces3
  • Soups3

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 190 · United Kingdom 62 · Portugal 15 · Germany 10.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where black-eyed pea turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is black-eyed pea?

Black-eyed pea is a kind of pulse.

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Black-eyed pea
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  4. Wikipedia: Black-eyed pea

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