About Pulses

What are pulses?

Pulses are edible seeds of plants in the legume family. They grow in pods and come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors.

Pulses

A broad family of nourishing food crops.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recognizes 11 types of pulses: dry beans, dry broad beans, dry peas, chickpeas, cow peas, pigeon peas, lentils, Bambara beans, vetches, lupins and minor pulses that do not fall into the other categories.

Pulses have a long, rich history. The first evidence of pulses comes from 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, a region in the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations.

Dry beans and broad beans.
Dry peas, chickpeas and cow peas.
Pigeon peas and lentils.
Vetches, lupins and minor pulses.

Food Commodity Range Pulses available for trade buyer inquiries.