Ingredient dictionary
Yellow pea on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Yellow pea is a kind of pea. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 431 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does yellow pea contain an allergen?
Yellow 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 yellow pea vegan?
Yes. Yellow pea is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does yellow pea have on a label?
On European labels it is “pois jaune” in French, “Palerbse” in German and “pisello giallo” in Italian. One more language is listed below.
- French
- pois jaune, pois jaunes
- German
- Palerbse, Palerbsen
- Italian
- pisello giallo
- Swedish
- gul ärt, gula ärtor
Which foods contain yellow pea?
Open Food Facts lists yellow pea in the ingredients of 431 products, most often ready meals, savoury snacks and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 250 · United Kingdom 53 · Australia 42 · France 30.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where yellow pea turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is yellow pea?
Yellow pea is a kind of pea.
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- Open Food Facts: Yellow pea
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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