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Capers on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Capers are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 2,214 products, most often in salty and fatty foods.

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Do capers contain an allergen?

Capers are not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Are capers vegan?

Yes. Capers are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.
VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names do capers have on a label?

On European labels they are “câpre” in French, “Kapern” in German and “Alcaparras” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.

French
câpre, câpres
German
Kapern
Spanish
Alcaparras, bayas de alcaparra
Italian
capperi
Dutch
kappertjes
Portuguese
alcaparras
Polish
kapary, kaparów
Danish
kapers
Finnish
kapris
Czech
kapary
Croatian
kapari

Which foods contain capers?

Open Food Facts lists capers or a more specific kind of them in the ingredients of 2,214 products, most often salty and fatty foods, dressings and sauces and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

  • Salty and fatty foods520
  • Dressings and sauces453
  • Ready meals169
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches115
  • Vegetables111
  • Sandwiches55

Products with it, by country of sale: France 978 · United States 522 · Germany 256 · Italy 171.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where capers turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are capers?

Kinds of capersCanned capers

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Sources

An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Capers
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  4. Wikipedia: Caper

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