Garbanzo de Fuentesaúco

Garbanzo de Fuentesaúco designates dried chickpeas of the Cicer arietinum L. species, macrocarpum variety, Fuentesaúco ecotype, grown exclusively in twenty-two named municipalities of the Province of Zamora, Spain. Seeds are cream-coloured or dull yellow-white-chestnut, bear a pronounced curved beak, and weigh between 40 and 50 grams per 100 seeds after processing.

About this designation

Registered as a PGI on 20 April 2007 under file number PGI-ES-0264 (eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013609), Garbanzo de Fuentesaúco covers dried chickpeas of the macrocarpum variety, Fuentesaúco ecotype, produced exclusively in twenty-two municipalities of the Province of Zamora: Argujillo, La Bóveda de Toro, Cañizal, Castrillo de la Guareña, El Cubo de Tierra del Vino, Cuelgamures, Fuentelapeña, Fuentesaúco, Fuentespreadas, Gema, Guarrate, El Maderal, El Pego, El Piñero, San Miguel de la Ribera, Santa Clara de Avedillo, Sanzoles, Vadillo de la Guareña, Vallesa, Villabuena del Puente, Villaescusa, and Villamor de los Escuderos, covering an agricultural production zone of 687 square kilometres. The specification requires moderately rough, unspeckled skin, a weight of 40 to 50 grams per 100 processed seeds, and water absorption greater than 100 % over ten hours at 25 °C in distilled water. After cooking, at least 85 % of the chickpeas must remain whole with the skin attached. Chickpeas must be grown on registered parcels in a rotation system, without organic fertiliser during the growing cycle, and harvested when plants and weeds are totally dry. Packaging must occur in registered undertakings before September of the year following harvest. Each package must carry the label wording 'Indicación Geográfica Protegida Garbanzo de Fuentesaúco' together with the Regulatory Council's logo and an identification back label bearing an alphanumeric traceability code. The control body is the Consejo Regulador de la Indicación Geográfica Protegida (IGP) 'Garbanzo de Fuentesaúco', based in Fuentesaúco, Zamora.

Source: The register document this entry was written from · retrieved August 26, 2026

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PGI on 20 April 2007 under file number PGI-ES-0264, eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013609.
• The weight of 100 processed chickpeas must fall between 40 and 50 grams; no other variety or ecotype is permitted.
• Water absorption in distilled water over ten hours at 25 °C must exceed 100 %, a requirement linked to the area's low-calcium soils.
• After cooking, at least 85 % of the chickpeas must remain whole with the skin still attached.

HoReCa use

The specification states that Garbanzo de Fuentesaúco is marketed as a dry packaged vegetable; processed products made exclusively from certified Garbanzo de Fuentesaúco PGI may also reference the designation on their packaging.