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Red bell peppers: allergens and what’s inside

Of 87 packs of red bell peppers whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 1% list celery and 1% list egg. Most list bell pepper and red bell pepper.

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Which allergens are in red bell peppers?

Of 87 packs of red bell peppers whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 1% list celery, 1% list egg, 1% list fish and 1% list gluten. Another 2% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 1% for crustaceans and 1% for egg. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Celery allergyHeads up1% list celery.
Egg allergyHeads up1% list egg; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Fish allergyHeads up1% list fish; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up1% list gluten; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up1% list sulphites.
Tree nut allergyHeads up1% list 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 red bell peppers usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of red bell peppers list, with the share of packs that list each: bell pepper (95%), red bell pepper (57%), salt (40%) and water (31%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 65 · Germany 53 · Spain 28 · Bulgaria 10.

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 red bell 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 red bell peppers?

In the Open Food Facts categories, red bell peppers are one of the sweet peppers.

What else are red bell peppers called?

In EnglishRed sweet peppers
French
Poivrons rouges
German
Rote Paprika
Spanish
Pimientos rojos
Dutch
Rode paprikas
Danish
Røde peberfrugter

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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: Red bell peppers

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