frozen Green Peas (in DE)

The best frozen peas I've found in Germany, tested frozen....starting from the best (tested/prices from supermarkets in Hamburg between October 2019 and May 2020 -- don't miss out on my summary of why frozen peas is the ultimate food):

These are by far the most consistently sweet-tasting peas, regardless of time of year!! The peas tend to be bigger, and are harder to digest, though.... This seems to have the best quality-price ratio (if you buy the 800-g bag)

1. Iglo

Gartenerbsen (frisch vom Feld, Herrlich süß und knackig)

organic? N
flavor: 8/10
sweetness: 7/10 (pretty sweet)
starchiness: 2/10
creaminess: 5/10
size: quite variable but mostly medium
price: Edeka €2.79/800-g pkg (1kg = €3.49), Rewe €1.99/400-g pkg (1kg = €4.98)
where: Edeka, Rewe
size of packaging: 400g, 800g

2. Bio Cool

Erbsen

These taste and look very much like Iglo's, but at a much hiked-up price. And not as consistently good.

organic? Y
flavor: 6/10
sweetness: 7/10
starchiness: 3/10
creaminess: 3/10
size: quite variable but mostly medium
price: Naturkind €1.99/300-g pkg (1kg = €5.97)
where: Naturkind
size of packaging: 300g

These are by far the most consistently young/small peas that are the easiest to digest, but (not sure why), the sweetness/starchiness fluctuates greatly. Sometimes these are the sweetest and least starchy while other times, they quite starchy and bland tasting.

3. Demeter - Natural Cool

Erbsen

organic? Y
flavor: 8/10
sweetness: 3-8/10
starchiness: 1-5/10
creaminess: 7/10
size: small!
price: Naturkind €2.69/450-g pkg (1kg = €5.98), Al Natura €2.29/450-g pkg (1kg = €5.09)
where: Naturkind, Al Natura
size of packaging: 450g

4. Edeka - Gut & Günstig

Junge Erbsen (extra zart)

organic? N
flavor: 7.5/10
sweetness: 7/10
starchiness: 1/10
creaminess: 6/10
size: small
price: Edeka €1.59/1-kg pkg
where: Edeka
size of packaging: 1kg

5. Al Natura

Junge Erbsen (aus deutschem Bio-Anbau, erntefrisch, tiefgefroren)

organic? Y
flavor: 7/10 a little watery
sweetness: 6/10
starchiness: 1/10
creaminess: 6/10
size: small!
price: €1.69/450-g pkg (1kg = €3.76)
where: Al Natura
size of packaging: 450g

6. dennree

Erbsen

organic? Y
flavor: 7/10 (petit pois, not full flavored but not bland)
sweetness: 6/10 hint of sweetness
starchiness: 2/10
size: nice and small!
creaminess: 5/10
price €1.49/450-g pkg (1kg = €3.31)
where: Denn, Naturkind
size of packaging: 450g

Frosta

Bio junge Erbsen aus deutscher Ernte

organic? Y
flavor: 6/10
sweetness: 4/10
starchiness: 3/10
size: smallish
creaminess: 4/10
price €2.29/400-g pkg (1kg = €5.72)
where: Edeka
size of packaging: 400g

Edeka

Junge Erbsen

(Sehr fein, extra zart, erntefrisch tiefgefroren. Besonders süss und knackig)

organic? N
flavor: 6/10, tastes green even though quite starchy
sweetness: 4/10
starchiness: 6/10
creaminess: 3/10
size: medium
price: €0.99/450-g pkg (1kg = €2.20)
where: Edeka
size of packaging: 450g

Ökoland

Junge Erbsen (zart und suß)

organic? Y
flavor: 6/10
sweetness: 5/10 hint of sweetness
starchiness: 4/10
creaminess: 6/10
size: on the big side of small
price: Denn €1.49/300-g pkg (1kg = €4.97), Naturkind €1.69/300-g pkg (1kg = €5.63),
where: Denn, Naturkind
size of packaging: 300g
notes: inconsistent? 1st pkg from Naturkind was very sweet and not very starchy. 2nd pkg from Denn was quite starchy and no better than average supermarket generic brand

Rewe - ja!

junge Erbsen (fein)

organic? N
flavor: 5/10
sweetness: 5/10
starchiness: 3/10
creaminess: 6/10
size: small!
price: €1.59/1000-g pkg (1kg = €1.59)
where: Rewe
size of packaging: 1kg
notes: Odd chemical taste

Rewe - Bio

junge Erbsen (Erntefrisch tiefgefroren & knackig: Erbsen aus deutschem Bio-Anbau)

organic? Y
flavor: 3/10
sweetness: 2/10
starchiness: 9/10
creaminess: 3/10
size: big
price: €1.29/450-g pkg (1kg = €2.87)
where: Rewe
size of packaging: 450g
notes: blech. inconsistent. At start of winter 2019, small and sweet but at some stage around spring 2020 all packages have been quite starchy and peas were big, tasting more like marrowfat peas or not-green lima beans (the worst of both worlds!)

Beste Ernte

junge Erbsen, sehr fein)

organic? N
flavor: 2/10 at least does not taste like yellow split peas -- just failed wannabe peas
sweetness:1/10 pretty tasteless
starchiness: 4/10 (not so starchy but as the peas are pretty tasteless, the starchy flavor comes out more)
creaminess: 2/10
size: small
price: €1.59/1-kg pkg
where: Netto
size of packaging: 1kg

Edeka - Bio

Junge Erbsen

organic? Y
flavor: 3/10
sweetness: 1/10
starchiness: 8/10
creaminess: 3/10
size: medium
price: €1.25/450-g pkg (1kg = €2.78)
where: Edeka
size of packaging: 450g
notes: blech

Demeter - followfood

Junge Bio-Erbsen

organic? Y
flavor: beanier, taste more like yellow split peas 3/10
sweetness: 3/10
starchiness: 6/10
creaminess: 2/10 chalkier
size: medium
price: €1.99/300-g pkg (1kg = €6.63)
where: Denn
size of packaging: 300g

Schloss Göhrde

Junge Markerbsen

extra zart

organic? N
flavor: beanier tasting 2/10
sweetness: 1/10
starchiness: 7/10
creaminess: 1/10 chalkier
size: quite variable -- medium to big (with stray small ones)
price: €3.59/1-kg pkg
where: Edeka
size of packaging: 1kg
Peas from various EU countries. What do you do with such starchy peas? Make pea soup (which brings out the sweetness, and its slight starchiness is put to good use)

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