Legume
Black-Eyed Pea
Black-eyed pea is a cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) with a pale seed and dark hilum eye, used in Southern US, West African, Brazilian, and Mediterranean cookery. Creamy and earthy, it holds shape in hoppin' john, akara, and stews. Related crowder peas and other cowpeas share the species. Dried and canned forms are common; fresh purple-hull types appear seasonally.
Also known as: Black-Eyed Pea, Cowpea / Beans, Feijão-fradinho, Lobia / Chawli, Feijão frade
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.83 g
- Saturated Fat 0.19 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.2 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.28 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 10.1 mg
- Salt 0.02 g
- Total Carbohydrate 20.5 g
- Dietary Fibre 6.27 g
- Total Sugars 1.91 g
- Complex / starch 11.7 g
- Protein 9.18 g
- Water 63.4 g
- Energy 116 kcal
- Water 63.4 g
- Carbohydrates 20.5 g
- Sugars 1.91 g
- Monosaccharides 1.34 g
- Disaccharides 0.58 g
- Starch 11.7 g
- Amylose 2.92 g
- Amylopectin 8.77 g
- Digestible Starch 9.94 g
- Resistant Starch 1.17 g
- Fibre 6.27 g
- Soluble Fibre 2.19 g
- Insoluble Fibre 4.08 g
- Protein 9.18 g
- Plant Protein 8.72 g
- Fat 0.83 g
- Saturated Fat 0.19 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.2 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.28 g
- Vitamins 144 mg
- Vitamin A 20 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.24 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 1.41 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.46 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.18 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 4.6 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 108 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.44 mg
- Vitamin K 7 µg
- Minerals 214 mg
- Major Minerals 206 mg
- Trace Minerals 8.2 mg
- Salt 0.02 g
- Sodium Chloride 0.02 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 20 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.24 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.09 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 1.41 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.46 · vitamin-b6: 0.18 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 4.6 · vitamin-b9-folate: 108 · vitamin-e: 0.44 · vitamin-k: 7 ·
Minerals
Sodium: 10.08 · Potassium: 158 · Calcium: 38 · Iron: 2.8 · Zinc: 0.4 · Iodine: 5 ·
Cooked legumes deliver plant protein, resistant starch, and fibre with little fat.
History
Cowpeas were domesticated in Africa and became a foundational Sahelian and West African pulse.
Atlantic trade carried black-eyed peas to the Americas with African foodways.
Southern US cookery made black-eyed peas a New Year and everyday staple with rice and greens.
Canned black-eyed peas and global dry trade expanded availability beyond traditional regions.