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Pea starch on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Pea starch is a kind of starch. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,616 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does pea starch contain an allergen?

Pea starch 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 pea starch vegan?

Yes. Pea starch 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 pea starch have on a label?

On European labels it is “Amidon de pois” in French, “Erbsenstärke” in German and “almidon de guisante” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

French
Amidon de pois
German
Erbsenstärke
Spanish
almidon de guisante
Italian
amido di pisello, amido di piselli
Dutch
erwtenzetmeel
Portuguese
Amido de ervilha
Polish
skrobia grochowa, skrobia z grochu
Swedish
ärtstärkelse
Danish
Ærtestivelse
Finnish
hernetärkkelys
Croatian
škrob od graška, škrob graška

Which foods contain pea starch?

Open Food Facts lists pea starch in the ingredients of 1,616 products, most often ready meals, savoury snacks and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Ready meals268
  • Savoury snacks120
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches74
  • Poultry71
  • Pasta, rice and flour60
  • Processed meat50

Products with it, by country of sale: France 586 · United States 374 · United Kingdom 218 · Belgium 119.

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

What kind of ingredient is pea starch?

Pea starch is a kind of starch.

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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: Pea starch
  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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