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Food and dish guide

Peppers: allergens and what’s inside

Of 564 packs of peppers whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten and 2% list milk. Another 19% carry a “may contain” line for mustard. Most list pepper and black pepper.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20263 sourcesHow we check

Which allergens are in peppers?

Of 564 packs of peppers whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list gluten, 2% list milk, 1% list mustard and 1% list sulphites. Another 19% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 16% for celery and 7% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up2% list gluten; 6% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Milk allergyHeads up2% list milk; 4% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Mustard allergyHeads up1% list mustard; 19% more carry a “may contain” line for it.

Sulphite sensitivityHeads up1% list sulphites.

Celery allergyHeads up16% carry a “may contain” line for celery.

Sesame allergyHeads up7% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.

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 peppers usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of peppers list, with the share of packs that list each: pepper (82%), black pepper (55%), white pepper (19%) and salt (11%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 744 · Germany 255 · United States 152 · Spain 114.

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 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 peppers?

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

Kinds of peppersBlack peppers Ground peppers Peppercorns White peppers

What else are peppers called?

French: Poivres
German: Pfeffer
Spanish: Pimienta
Italian: Pepe
Dutch: Pepers
Portuguese: Pimentas
Polish: Pieprz
Swedish: Peppar
Danish: Peber

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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.

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