Tomorrow, on the eleventh celebration of the World Pulses Day, Valladolid will become the epicenter of its commemoration to claim the fundamental role of this food, one of the best sources of vegetable protein, whose consumption has grown by 2.5%, with chickpeas at the forefront. "February 10 is a date to value the fundamental role of these foods in a healthy, sustainable and culturally rooted diet" in Spain, said the secretary general of the Association of Vegetable Growers of Spain (ALE), José Manuel Álvarez. According to the latest data from the Food Consumption Panel of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, between December 2024 and November 2025, Spanish households bought 161.41 million kilos of pulses, 2.5% more than in the previous year, for a value of 354.32 million euros (+5.9%). This places per capita consumption at 3.45 kilos per person per year, with a penetration rate in households of 89.4%. Álvarez explained that, after the boom in pulse consumption during ...