Ingredient dictionary
Paprika or bell pepper on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Paprika or bell pepper is a kind of bell pepper. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 7,645 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does paprika or bell pepper contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link paprika or bell pepper to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is paprika or bell pepper vegan?
Yes. Paprika or bell pepper is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does paprika or bell pepper have on a label?
On European labels it is “Paprika” in German, “paprika” in Dutch and “papryka” in Polish. The other 5 languages are listed below.
- German
- Paprika
- Dutch
- paprika, paprika's
- Polish
- papryka, papryki
- Swedish
- paprika
- Norwegian
- paprika
- Finnish
- paprika
- Czech
- paprika
- Hungarian
- paprika
Which foods contain paprika or bell pepper?
Open Food Facts lists paprika or bell pepper in the ingredients of 7,645 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and processed meat. Most of them are sold in Germany, the Netherlands and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: Germany 5,263 · Netherlands 1,012 · France 567 · Sweden 369.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where paprika or bell pepper turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is paprika or bell pepper?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, paprika or bell pepper sits under bell pepper and paprika.
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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.
- Open Food Facts: Paprika or bell pepper
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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