What is Chickpea?
Chickpea or chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is a legume and belongs to the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is also known as gram, or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, and sometimes known as Egyptian pea, ceci, cece or chana, or Kabuli Chana.
Chickpea grows into one seed pod containing two or three peas.
Source of Chickpea
Chickpeas are grown in the Indian subcontinent, Australia, Mediterranean, western Asia, the Palouse region, and the Great Plains.
India is the world leader in chickpea (Bengal gram) production.
Other key producers are Australia, Pakistan, Turkey, Burma, Ethiopia, Sudan and Iran.
General Uses
Hummus is the Arabic word for chickpeas, it’s normally cooked and finely ground and made into a paste and mixed with tahini (sesame seed paste)
- Chickpeas are roasted, spiced and then consumed as a snack.
- Falafel (Tameiah) is a popular delicacy prepared by frying balls of chickpeas paste and used as sandwich filling.
- Chickpeas and Bengal grams are used to make curries and are one of the most popular vegetarian foods in the Indian subcontinent.
- Boiled chickpeas can be cooked and eaten cold in salads, cooked in stews, ground into gram flour (also known as chickpea flour and besan and used frequently in Indian cuisine).
- In the Philippines, chickpeas are preserved and made into syrup and used in preparing sweets and desserts such as halo-halo.
- Chickpeas serve as an energy and protein source as well as an animal feed.
Who is Using
Many food manufacturers are using chickpeas to produce dry and canned chickpeas and humus paste. Households use dry and canned chickpeas as well as chickpeas flower in baking and making many delicious dishes
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Specification Data Sheet
This Sudanese standard is formulated by the technical committee No.4 formed according to the administrative decree of the SSM0/1/A/Idated 18/8/01. It applies to Chickpea. On formulating this standard the committee has referred to international publications and works of Sudanese researchers on the subject.
types we offer?
We are one of the best Chickpeas suppliers all over the world.
Our company offers chickpeas mainly in raw form and a possibility to offer processed chickpeas as powder upon customer’s special request.
- Raw pure chickpeas of the highest quality and recently freshly harvested
- Powder form from the same high quality freshly harvested seeds
We perform quality assurance throughout the supply chain to ensure that our customers receive the best quality chickpeas they deserve
Difference between Chickpea
Our company offers chickpeas mainly in raw form and a possibility to offer processed chickpeas as powder upon customer’s special request.
- Raw pure chickpeas of the highest quality and recently freshly harvested
- Powder form from the same high quality freshly harvested seeds
We perform quality assurance throughout the supply chain to ensure that our customers receive the best quality chickpeas they deserve
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Raw Form
The beige nuts or seeds that come out of the pods
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Powder Form
The nuts are grounded into flour
Types & forms
Chickpea is produced in one form after harvesting and shelling the pods:
- Raw Form: the beige nuts or seeds that come out of the pods
- Milled into powder form: the nuts are grounded into flour
Chickpeas Protein, & Fiber & Vitamins
Chickpeas offer specific benefits to a healthy diet. A one cup serving of chickpeas provides 29 percent of the daily value of protein and 49 percent of the daily value of fiber.
Chickpeas contain vitamins and minerals and significantly boost the intake of manganese and folate.
Chickpea exporting process
- We pack our chickpeas in 40kg or 50 kg polypropylene (PP) bags.
- We load the 20 feet containers with up to 22 metric tons of the chickpeas.
- The minimum order quantity (20ft FCL) takes a period of 10 to 15 days to be onboard the vessel, this period varies depending on the quantity ordered.
- The port of loading is PORTSUDAN (SDPZU), with a possibility to re-export from other nearby ports in the middle east.
- Lead time to reach the client's destination port depends on the shipping lines used and the destination port. Usually, it takes between 2 to 8 weeks for the farthest destination.
- The H.S code for the Chickpea is 07132000 (*)
- Payment terms and documents provided along with the shipment are mentioned at the products main page **(please check)
- Sudanese chickpea is falling among the products which the US sanctions against Sudan has not exempted, therefore cannot be exported directly from PORTSUDAN to the US market unless obtaining a special OFAC license.
(*) Need to be confirmed form each country customs authorities.
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