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

Pea is a kind of legume. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 14,093 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does pea contain an allergen?

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 pea vegan?

Yes. 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 pea have on a label?

In English pea can also read “peas”. On European labels it is “pois” in French, “Erbse” in German and “guisante” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

In Englishpeas
French
pois
German
Erbse, Erbsen
Spanish
guisante, arveja
Italian
Pisello, piselli
Dutch
erwt, erwten
Portuguese
Ervilha, ervilhas
Polish
Groch zwyczajny, groszek
Swedish
ärt, ärta
Danish
Ært
Norwegian
ert, erter
Finnish
herne, herneet
Czech
hrách
Hungarian
Borsó
Croatian
grašak, graška
Turkish
Bezelye

Which foods contain pea?

Open Food Facts lists pea or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 14,093 products, most often ready meals, vegetables and soups. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Ready meals3,051
  • Vegetables2,771
  • Soups509
  • Pasta, rice and flour501
  • Savoury snacks386
  • Beans and pulses328

Products with it, by country of sale: France 4,490 · United States 4,262 · Germany 1,381 · United Kingdom 1,040.

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

What kind of ingredient is pea?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, pea sits under legume and pod and seed vegetable.

Kinds of peaGreen peasYellow peaGrass peaGrey peaEdible-podded pea

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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
  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
  4. Wikipedia: Pea

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