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Green split pea on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Green split pea is a kind of split pea. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 268 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does green split pea contain an allergen?

Green split 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 green split pea vegan?

Yes. Green split 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 green split pea have on a label?

On European labels it is “pois cassés verts” in French, “grüne Schälerbsen” in German and “piselli verdi spezzati” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
pois cassés verts
German
grüne Schälerbsen, grüne Trockenerbsen
Italian
piselli verdi spezzati
Dutch
groene spliterwten
Finnish
vihreä halkaistu herne
Croatian
zeleni grašak

Which foods contain green split pea?

Open Food Facts lists green split pea or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 268 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and beans and pulses. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals59
  • Vegetables41
  • Beans and pulses39
  • Pasta, rice and flour21
  • Savoury snacks10
  • Soups7

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 144 · France 72 · United Kingdom 23 · Italy 11.

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

What kind of ingredient is green split pea?

Green split pea is a kind of split pea.

Kinds of green split peaSplit pea flour

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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: Green split 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

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