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Hydrolysed pea protein on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Hydrolysed pea protein is a kind of hydrolysed vegetable protein. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 637 products, most often in ice cream.

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Does hydrolysed pea protein contain an allergen?

Hydrolysed pea 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 hydrolysed pea protein vegan?

Yes. Hydrolysed pea protein 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 hydrolysed pea protein have on a label?

In English hydrolysed pea protein can also read “hydrolyzed pea protein”. On European labels it is “protéines de pois hydrolysées” in French, “hydrolysiertes Erbsenprotein” in German and “proteína de guisante hidrolizada” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishhydrolyzed pea protein
French
protéines de pois hydrolysées
German
hydrolysiertes Erbsenprotein, hydrolisiertes Erbsenprotein
Spanish
proteína de guisante hidrolizada, proteínas de guisante hidrolizadas
Italian
proteina di pisello idrolizzata
Polish
hydrolizowane białko grochu, hydrolizat białka grochu
Swedish
hydrolyserat ärtprotein
Danish
hydrolyseret ærteprotein
Finnish
hydrolysoitu herneproteiini, herneproteiinihydrosylaatti
Croatian
hidrolizirani protein graška

Which foods contain hydrolysed pea protein?

Open Food Facts lists hydrolysed pea protein in the ingredients of 637 products, most often ice cream, sweets and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

  • Ice cream330
  • Sweets109
  • Biscuits and cakes20
  • Fruit5
  • Dairy desserts5
  • Milk and yoghurt2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 464 · Germany 75 · United Kingdom 63 · Spain 29.

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

What kind of ingredient is hydrolysed pea protein?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, hydrolysed pea protein sits under hydrolysed vegetable protein and pea protein.

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  1. Open Food Facts: Hydrolysed pea protein
  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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