Rukmini Iyer

‘Just one was enough to turn my middle-class worldview to dust’: tinned and jarred chickpeas, tasted and rated

This store-cupboard stalwart is versatile and healthy, but which did our reviewer rate – or hate?

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I’ve gone off script here and rated jarred chickpeas and tinned/packeted ones separately, because they’re such different beasts – and with a price point to reflect it. That said, I was pleasantly surprised by a few standouts in the tinned section, one of which is about to save me a fair amount of cash as I trade in my expensive jarred chickpea habit for a more frugal, but no less worthy alternative.