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Espelette chili pepper on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Espelette chili pepper is a kind of chili pepper. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,120 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does espelette chili pepper contain an allergen?

Espelette chili pepper is 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.

Is espelette chili pepper vegan?

Yes. Espelette chili pepper is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

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 does espelette chili pepper have on a label?

On European labels it is “piment d'espelette” in French, “Gorria” in German and “Pimiento de Espelette” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
piment d'espelette
German
Gorria
Spanish
Pimiento de Espelette
Italian
peperoncino di Espelette
Dutch
Espelettepeper
Polish
Pieprz z Espelette
Swedish
espelette paprika
Finnish
espelette-paprika
Croatian
espelette čili papričica

Which foods contain espelette chili pepper?

Open Food Facts lists espelette chili pepper in the ingredients of 1,120 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and Spain.

  • Ready meals216
  • Processed meat128
  • Dressings and sauces85
  • Salty and fatty foods77
  • Savoury snacks61
  • Fish and seafood49

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,106 · Germany 6 · Spain 6 · Belgium 6.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where espelette chili pepper turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is espelette chili pepper?

Espelette chili pepper is a kind of chili pepper.

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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: Espelette chili pepper
  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: Espelette pepper

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