Food ingredient · Protein

Pea protein

Protein extracted from yellow peas.

  • Industrial protein
  • Ultra-processing marker
  • Expert review pending

Concern level

Low concern Level 1 of 4 How concern levels work

A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points pea protein costs on a product’s receipt.

What the evidence says

  • Marker of ultra-processingInfo

    An ingredient typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]

Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.

Popular products that list pea protein

383 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list pea protein. The 12 most scanned:

Diets and allergens

Vegan
Yes
Vegetarian
Yes
Gluten-free
Yes

For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.

Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (11)
  • pea protein
  • proteine de pois
  • pea protein crisp
  • proteines de pois
  • pea protein crisps
  • yellow pea protein
  • organic pea protein
  • pea protein isolate
  • textured pea protein
  • pea protein concentrate
  • pea protein hydrolysate

Sources

  1. Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

    Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

    doi.org