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Dried chickpea on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Dried chickpea is a kind of chickpea. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 115 products, most often in beans and pulses.

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Does dried chickpea contain an allergen?

Dried chickpea 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 dried chickpea vegan?

Yes. Dried chickpea 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 dried chickpea have on a label?

In English dried chickpea can also read “Bengal gram”. On European labels it is “pois chiche secs” in French, “ceci secchi” in Italian and “sušená cizrna” in Czech. One more language is listed below.

In EnglishBengal gram
French
pois chiche secs
Italian
ceci secchi
Czech
sušená cizrna
Croatian
sušeni slanutak

Which foods contain dried chickpea?

Open Food Facts lists dried chickpea in the ingredients of 115 products, most often beans and pulses, ready meals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in Italy, France and the United States.

  • Beans and pulses54
  • Ready meals15
  • Dressings and sauces10
  • Sandwiches3
  • Biscuits and cakes2
  • Vegetables1

Products with it, by country of sale: Italy 52 · France 28 · United States 18 · Belgium 12.

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

What kind of ingredient is dried chickpea?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, dried chickpea sits under chickpea and 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: Dried chickpea
  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

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