About Us
Sunil Kumar’s oldest daughter loves peanut butter. But she could not offer PB&J sandwiches to her friends due to nut allergies. Realizing the limited options in the market for tasty, healthy, and safe snack options, Sunil decided to look for a way to provide a protein-rich peanut butter alternative. To eliminate any concerns of allergies and sensitivities, Sunil founded The Amazing Chickpea (TAC). TAC is committed to helping parents feel confident knowing their children are eating delicious, allergy-free, and healthy chickpea butter spread and CB&J sandwich.
Our Story
Sunil Kumar’s oldest daughter loves peanut butter but she could not offer PBJ sandwich to her friends due to nut allergies. Having realized the limited options for great-tasting and truly healthy snack options, Sunil decided to look for an alternative way of providing protein rich Peanut butter tasting spread without nuts, so parents wouldn’t have to deal with this avoidable allergy issue. The Amazing Chickpea is committed to helping parents feel confident knowing their children are eating delicious, allergy-free and healthy, so they can develop to their full potential.
Sunil started selling The Amazing Chickpea butter spread to local twin cities farmers’ market, finding customers surprised at how similar The Amazing Chickpea tastes like peanut butter. Now after two and half years, The Amazing Chickpeas is sold in retail stores, not only in the USA but Canada as well. Later on, he created a chocolate flavor of The Amazing Chickpea, Choc-a-Chic, that tastes like popular hazelnut spread brands but contains less sugar and fat, and it contains no nuts!