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Chickpea protein on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Chickpea protein is a kind of plant protein. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 189 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does chickpea protein contain an allergen?
Chickpea protein 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 chickpea protein vegan?
Yes. Chickpea protein is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does chickpea protein have on a label?
On European labels it is “protéine de pois chiche” in French, “Kichererbsenprotein” in German and “proteina di ceci” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.
- French
- protéine de pois chiche
- German
- Kichererbsenprotein
- Italian
- proteina di ceci
- Finnish
- kikherneproteiini
- Croatian
- proteina slanutka
Which foods contain chickpea protein?
Open Food Facts lists chickpea protein in the ingredients of 189 products, most often ready meals, salty and fatty foods and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and Switzerland.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 114 · Germany 37 · Switzerland 10 · France 8.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where chickpea protein turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is chickpea protein?
Chickpea protein is a kind of plant protein.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Chickpea protein
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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