Sainsbury's
Chickpeas in water
pulses · chickpeas · canned legumes · canned chickpeas
cached 11 days agoOpen Food FactsNOVA 1Nutri-Score A
Healthy?
Healthy
Nutri-Score A, high in fibre and protein
How this was worked out
- Nutri-Score A according to Open Food Facts
- Low in fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt
- High in fibre and protein (6.1 g fibre, 7.7 g protein per 100 g)
- Sugar, fat and salt levels use the UK front-of-pack traffic-light thresholds
FODMAPFermentable carbs that upset IBSHigh FODMAPHigh-FODMAP ingredients: chickpeas
- chickpeas (#1) — legumes (GOS), high
- FODMAP score 2 (red ≥ 1.5, yellow ≥ 0.6)
KetoNet carbs, sugar and starchNot keto16.5 g net carbs per 100 g — too many for keto
- 16.5 g net carbs per 100 g — green ≤ 5 g, yellow ≤ 12 g
- Carb-heavy ingredient near the top of the list: chickpeas
Glycemic indexEstimated glycemic index and loadLow GIEstimated GI ≈ 25 (low) — gentle on blood sugar
- Estimated GI ≈ 25 (low): base 30 (legume), −5 6.1 g fibre
- Estimated glycemic load per 215 g serving ≈ 9 (low), from 16.5 g carbs per 100 g
- Estimated from ingredients and nutrition facts — not a laboratory GI value
ProcessedNOVA group or ultra-processing markersMinimally processedNOVA group 1 — unprocessed or minimally processed
- NOVA group 1 (unprocessed or minimally processed) according to Open Food Facts
Ingredients
- chickpeasFODMAP GOSKeto carbs
- water
- antioxidant (sodium metabisulphite (sulphites))
Labels: vegan
Tags show which check an ingredient counted towards. Ingredients are listed as printed on the label (in English), largest first.
Contains: sulphur-dioxide-and-sulphites
Nutrition
per 100 g| Energy | 122 kcal | |
|---|---|---|
| Fat | 1.4 g | Low |
| of which saturates | 0.2 g | Low |
| Carbohydrate | 16.5 g | |
| of which sugars | 0.5 g | Low |
| Fibre | 6.1 g | |
| Protein | 7.7 g | |
| Salt | 0 g | Low |
Declared serving: 215 g. Levels use the UK front-of-pack traffic-light thresholds.
Food type used for estimates: legume (from category: legumes).
Sources: Open Food Facts · data fetched 2026-10-07, refreshed automatically after 30 days.