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Essential Trading Organic Lentils, Chickpeas & Split Peas

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Essential Trading Organic Lentils, Chickpeas & Split Peas sells all natural food and drink that we checked ingredient by ingredient for natural, whole food ingredients. See its verified sustainability rating and review to help you buy natural, non toxic food.

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About Essential Trading Organic Lentils, Chickpeas & Split Peas

44 of 294 fields held

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11 groups · 44 fields

Materials and composition 2 of 25

H3 Q8: Materials (adapts to brand: 100% cotton? / where is the linen from? / hemp?) Is Essential Trading worth it?

Single ingredient 1

Scan result 6 of 61

Scan note (above product table) Not assessed: the strict food ingredient vocabulary and product-type exclusions have not completed validation.

Full catalogue scan? no

Method version validation gate 2026.09

Products in catalogue 2

Products read 2

Clean verdict NOT ASSESSED

Health and safety 1 of 3

H3 Q6: Is [Brand] non-toxic / PFAS-free? Is Essential Trading pre-harvest desiccated with glyphosate?

Certification 2 of 6

H3 Q7: Is [Brand] GOTS / certified? Where can I buy Essential Trading and how much?

Grade / certification Organic (EU / Soil Association)

Sourcing and supply chain 2 of 43

Overall: where this info comes from Mixed

Packaging source: last checked 2026-07-29

Ownership and legal entity 2 of 18

owner essential-trading.coop essential-trading.coop

owner name Independent (workers' co-operative)

Identity 13 of 24

H3 Q1: Is [Brand] sustainable / ethical? Is Essential Trading glyphosate-free?

Answer 1 Essential Trading is certified organic, which prohibits synthetic glyphosate including pre-harvest desiccation.

H3 Q2: Where is [Brand] made? Is Essential Trading organic?

Answer 2 Yes. Essential Trading is certified organic (Organic (EU / Soil Association))

H3 Q3: Who owns [Brand]? Where are Essential Trading's chickpeas grown?

Answer 3 Essential Trading's chickpeas are from EU/international organic farms.

H3 Q4: Is [Brand] legit / worth it? Is Essential Trading a whole food / single ingredient?

Answer 4 Yes. Essential Trading is whole, single-ingredient dried chickpeas with nothing added.

H3 Q5: Is [Brand] fast fashion? Are Essential Trading's chickpeas traceable?

Answer 5 Essential Trading does not fully publish supply-chain traceability.

Answer 6 No. As a certified organic product, Essential Trading is not pre-harvest desiccated with glyphosate.

Answer 7 Ships to UK.

Answer 8 Essential Trading is one of the genuinely glyphosate-conscious, traceable chickpeas options, which is the main reason to choose it over commodity pulses.

Claims and evidence 1 of 10

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Delivery and shipping 1 of 3

Packaging Unknown

Price and commerce 2 of 13

Price tier $

Amazon/buy now essential-trading.coop essential-trading.coop

Further detail 12 of 88

NOVA processing class 1 Unprocessed / minimally processed essential-trading.coop

Grown In EU/international organic farms

Country United Kingdom

Positive note 1 Certified organic (no synthetic glyphosate)

Positive note 2 Fair Trade sourced

Positive note 3 Certified-organic pulses from a long-standing ethical wholesale co-operative; organic certification prohibits synthetic glyphosate/desiccation

Negative note 1 Multi-origin imported organic; no brand-specific glyphosate testing

Ships to UK

Whole food 1

Processing level Unprocessed

Additives None

Last checked 2026-07-28

Filed under 8 terms held

Additives Ultra Processing Veganuary Plant Based Food Chickpeas Legumes Lentils Split Peas UK

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BDS Movement bdsmovement.net · priority targets Not listed Checked 2026-09-12 Not named among the current priority boycott, organic-boycott or pressure targets. Consumer boycott targets named by the Palestinian BDS National Committee. Open the source

Ethical Consumer ethicalconsumer.org · current boycotts Not checked Ongoing consumer boycott calls, with the reason and who called it.

No Thanks No Thanks app Not checked Crowd-maintained list of companies to avoid, checked by barcode.

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✓ Certified-organic pulses from a long-standing ethical wholesale co-operative; organic certification prohibits synthetic glyphosate/desiccation

Why we rate it

Certified organic (no synthetic glyphosate)
Fair Trade sourced
Certified-organic pulses from a long-standing ethical wholesale co-operative; organic certification prohibits synthetic glyphosate/desiccation

Worth checking

Multi-origin imported organic; no brand-specific glyphosate testing

Where to buy

Harvested / grown in EU/international organic farms

Questions

Is Essential Trading glyphosate-free?

Essential Trading is certified organic, which prohibits synthetic glyphosate including pre-harvest desiccation.

Is Essential Trading organic?

Yes. Essential Trading is certified organic (Organic (EU / Soil Association))

Where are Essential Trading's chickpeas grown?

Essential Trading's chickpeas are from EU/international organic farms.

Is Essential Trading a whole food / single ingredient?

Yes. Essential Trading is whole, single-ingredient dried chickpeas with nothing added.

Are Essential Trading's chickpeas traceable?

Essential Trading does not fully publish supply-chain traceability.

Is Essential Trading pre-harvest desiccated with glyphosate?

No. As a certified organic product, Essential Trading is not pre-harvest desiccated with glyphosate.

Where can I buy Essential Trading and how much?

Ships to UK.

Is Essential Trading worth it?

Essential Trading is one of the genuinely glyphosate-conscious, traceable chickpeas options, which is the main reason to choose it over commodity pulses.