Mongeta del Ganxet

Mongeta del Ganxet denotes the dried or cooked and preserved seeds of the indigenous ganxet variety of Phaseolus vulgaris L., grown within a defined area of Catalonia. Covered beans must be of the extra commercial class, white, flattened, and hooked to a degree of 2 to 3 on a scale of 0 to 3. Preserves may contain only beans, water, and salt, with no additives or preservatives permitted.

About this designation

Registered as a PDO under file number PDO-ES-0636, with EU protection dating from 27 July 2007 and eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013949, Mongeta del Ganxet is administered by the Consejo Regulador de la DOP Mongeta del Ganxet. The designation covers the seeds of the indigenous ganxet variety of Phaseolus vulgaris L., marketed either as dried beans or as cooked and preserved beans. All beans must meet the extra commercial class and exhibit the characteristic white, slightly glossy, flattened, pronounced kidney shape, with a hook degree of 2 to 3 on a scale of 0 to 3. One hundred dried beans must weigh between 40 and 50 g. Chemical requirements for the dried bean include moisture below 15 %, protein of 27 % or more, starch of not more than 25 %, and fibre of 21 % or more. The defined geographical area comprises all municipalities of the districts of Vallès Occidental and Vallès Oriental, specified municipalities in El Maresme, and specified municipalities in La Selva. Beans must be grown within this area and harvested by hand. Cooking and preserving must also be carried out within the area. Preserved product containers may hold a maximum of 1.5 kg drained weight. Packaging for dried beans is subject to defined maximum capacities depending on material. The PDO name, PDO logo, and EU logo must appear on all packaging.

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

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PDO on 27 July 2007 under file number PDO-ES-0636, with eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013949.
• The hook degree of the dried bean must measure 2 to 3 on a scale of 0 to 3 for the whole of the species Phaseolus vulgaris L.
• Preserves covered by the PDO may contain only beans from the PDO ganxet variety, water, and salt; no additives or preservatives are permitted.
• The dried bean must contain protein of 27 % or more and starch of not more than 25 %.

Tasting notes

Catalan kidney bean DOP, distinctive small white-cream curved-hook ("ganxet") shape. Very thin skin, exceptionally creamy butter texture, mild sweet flavor — premium Catalan bean.

HoReCa use

Mongeta del Ganxet features in traditional local dishes including mongetes amb butifarra, empedrat de bacallà, truita de mongetes, and mongetes amb cloïsses, and appears on the menus of both traditional and high-class restaurants in the area and elsewhere in Catalonia.

Packaging

• vacuum-pack-dried-500g
• vacuum-pack-dried-1kg
• gift-pack-500g