Black gram

What the research shows

Not enough

published research on this page yet*

*Allergies present

A bean grown in South Asia.1

What research says

Allergies and intolerances

These are about people with an allergy, an intolerance or coeliac disease. The signal is about the ingredient itself, and these are about the person eating it, so the signal does not count them.

  • Allergic reactions to food2

    In animal and lab studies, black gram proteins triggered allergic reactions, and some people tested were allergic to black gram.

The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.

Products

The 6 most-scanned of 54 products on Open Food Facts that list black gram.

  • Pappadums Plain Pattak's · 100 g 1 additive
  • 8 Garlic & Coriander Poppadoms Sharwood's · 8 1 additive
  • mini poppadoms Aldi · 85 g 1 additive
  • Delhi Dal Makhani Ashoka · 280 g 0 additives
  • Mini Popadoms Waitrose 0 additives
  • Poppadums Marks & Spencer · 50 g 1 additive

References

  1. 1Vigna mungo. Wikipedia. Accessed September 30, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
  2. 2Verma AK, Kumar S, Sharma A, et al. Allergic manifestation by black gram (Vigna mungo) proteins in allergic patients, BALB/c mice and RBL-2H3 cells. Int Immunopharmacol. 2014;23(1):92-103. doi:10.1016/j.intimp.2014.08.016