Legumes

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Legumes and pulses have become an important part of our daily diets. With different origins and qualities available, we try to select the best suiting varieties for our partners. This can vary from EU grown legumes or North American split beans to African mung beans or South American chickpeas, all depending on our customers requirements.

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A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure. Well-known legumes include beans, soybeans, peas, chickpeas, peanuts, lentils, lupins, mesquite, carob, tamarind, alfalfa, and clover. Legumes produce a botanically unique type of fruit – a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually dehisces (opens along a seam) on two sides.

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