Black peppercorns: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in black peppercorns?

Of 88 packs of black peppercorns whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 3% list gluten, 1% list celery, 1% list mustard and 1% list sesame. Another 17% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 13% for celery and 7% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

What are black peppercorns usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of black peppercorns list, with the share of packs that list each: black pepper (93%) and black peppercorns (39%).

• Black pepper93%
• Black peppercorns39%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 136 · United States 35 · Spain 31 · Germany 25.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for black peppercorns.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food are black peppercorns?

In the Open Food Facts categories, black peppercorns are one of the black peppers.

What else are black peppercorns called?

French

Poivre noir en grains

German

Schwarze Pfefferkörner

Spanish

Pimienta negra en grano

Italian

Grani di pepe nero

Dutch

Zwarte peperkorrels

Polish

Ziarna pieprzu czarnego

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
3. Open Food Facts: Black peppercorns

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