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

Green pepper is a kind of pepper. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,706 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does green pepper contain an allergen?

Green 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 green pepper vegan?

Yes. Green 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 green pepper have on a label?

In English green pepper can also read “green peppercorns” or “green peppercorn”. On European labels it is “poivre vert” in French, “grüner Pfeffer” in German and “pimienta verde” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

In Englishgreen peppercornsgreen peppercorn
French
poivre vert
German
grüner Pfeffer
Spanish
pimienta verde
Italian
Peperone verde
Dutch
groene peper
Polish
zielony pieprz, pieprz zielony
Swedish
grönpeppar
Finnish
viherpippuri
Croatian
zeleni papar

Which foods contain green pepper?

Open Food Facts lists green pepper or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 2,706 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Dressings and sauces382
  • Ready meals339
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches182
  • Processed meat132
  • Vegetables128
  • Cheese89

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,371 · France 550 · United Kingdom 410 · Germany 171.

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

What kind of ingredient is green pepper?

Green pepper is a kind of pepper.

Kinds of green pepperBlack and green 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: Green 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

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