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Ground peppers: allergens and what’s inside

Of 180 packs of ground peppers whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 1% list gluten and 1% list sesame. Another 27% carry a “may contain” line for mustard. Most list pepper and black pepper.

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Which allergens are in ground peppers?

Of 180 packs of ground peppers whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 1% list gluten and 1% list sesame. Another 27% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 26% for celery and 8% for gluten. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up1% list gluten; 8% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sesame allergyHeads up1% list sesame; 7% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Mustard allergyHeads up27% carry a “may contain” line for mustard.
Celery allergyHeads up26% carry a “may contain” line for celery.
Milk allergyHeads up5% carry a “may contain” line for milk.
Tree nut allergyHeads up3% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts.

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 ground peppers usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of ground peppers list, with the share of packs that list each: pepper (96%), black pepper (58%) and white pepper (22%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 232 · Germany 64 · United States 64 · Spain 27.

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 ground peppers.

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 ground peppers?

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

Kinds of ground peppersGround black peppers

What else are ground peppers called?

In EnglishGround peppercorns
French
Poivres moulus
German
Gemahlene Paprikaschoten
Spanish
Pimienta molida
Italian
Pepe macinato
Dutch
Gemalen pepers
Polish
Pieprz mielony

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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: Ground peppers

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