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

Grey 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 122 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does grey pepper contain an allergen?

Grey 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 grey pepper vegan?

Yes. Grey 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 grey pepper have on a label?

In English grey pepper can also read “gray pepper”. On European labels it is “poivre gris” in French, “Grauer Pfeffer” in German and “pepe grigio” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

In Englishgray pepper
French
poivre gris
German
Grauer Pfeffer
Italian
pepe grigio
Dutch
grijze peper
Croatian
sivi papar

Which foods contain grey pepper?

Open Food Facts lists grey pepper in the ingredients of 122 products, most often ready meals, processed meat and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Switzerland.

  • Ready meals14
  • Processed meat14
  • Dressings and sauces12
  • Salty and fatty foods9
  • Sandwiches6
  • Vegetables5

Products with it, by country of sale: France 117 · Belgium 4 · Switzerland 3 · Italy 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is grey pepper?

Grey pepper is a kind of 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: Grey 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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