Chickpeas are the driving force behind Tally Kids. They are our largest ingredient besides filtered water. It is important that we take a moment to better understand them and the nutritional value they will bring to your child's diet. 

I recommend watching Nicole Jolly's TrueFoodTV video above detailing her visit to a chickpea farm in lieu of reading further, because it is immensely informative.

The host, Nicole Jolly, tours a chickpea farm in the United States and shares all there is to know about chickpeas: their farming methods, nutritional profile, cultivation history in human diets, and the future outlook of the crop in the United States. You can see just how dry and dusty the ideal environment is for the chickpea crop to flourish. Which is great for the planet that such a nutrient dense crop is not water intensive. 

Chickpeas are mostly grown in India, which produces about 80% of the world's crop. But, as the video shows, chickpea farming is on the rise in the United States as demand for this wonderful plant-based protein is set to skyrocket. 

When we formulate our plant-based milk, Tally Kids, we do not simply grind up chickpeas, as you see in the video. Rather, we use Chickpea Protein Isolate - which is 80% pure chickpea protein. The dirt and earthy husks have been washed off and removed to create a cleaner taste for Tally Kids Chickpea Milk.

Chickpeas have been a staple in Mediterranean diets since 5000 BC. It's sort of amazing that they haven't been utilized as a plant-source for plant-based milk yet here in the United States....!

We have been utilizing sources that are either allergenic (Soy) or have little nutrition (Almond, Oat). 

Chickpeas are a friendly snack, toasted and salted, you can make toasted chickpeas in the oven. Simply spread them on an aluminum foil baking sheet, drizzle with oil, salt, and bake until toasted to perfection. 

When we started Tally Kids, we looked at each other and asked, why hasn't this been done before? To be honest, we still haven't found the answer. It is possible that Soy and Almond rose to dominance because they are majority grown in the United States. Both Soy and Almond have resonated with consumers, leaving little incentive to change or try the chickpea.

But times they are a changin' and we are confident that you will find the chickpea to be just as delicious as almond milk but packed with the nutritional benefits that have since been limited to soy milk.

Tally is excited to bring forward Chickpea Milk for American diets, starting with our kids!