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Ingredient dictionary

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

Pepper is a kind of seed. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 80,108 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 330 kcal and 13 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does pepper contain an allergen?

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 pepper vegan?

Yes. 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 pepper have on a label?

On European labels it is “poivre” in French, “Pfeffer” in German and “pimienta” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.

French: poivre, poivres
German: Pfeffer
Spanish: pimienta
Italian: pepe
Dutch: peper
Portuguese: pimenta
Polish: pieprz, pieprzu
Swedish: peppar
Danish: peber
Finnish: pippuri
Czech: Pepř
Hungarian: Bors
Romanian: piper
Croatian: papar, biber
Turkish: biber

Which foods contain pepper?

Open Food Facts lists pepper or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 80,108 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and processed meat. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ready meals13,932
Dressings and sauces8,194
Processed meat5,378
Salty and fatty foods2,976
Pizzas, pies and quiches2,705
Pasta, rice and flour2,585

Products with it, by country of sale: France 31,590 · United States 20,677 · United Kingdom 8,760 · Germany 6,616.

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

How many calories are in pepper?

Pepper has about 330 kcal per 100 g, with 13 g protein, 40 g carbohydrate and 7.5 g fat. The figures are for food 11015 (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

330kcal per 100 g

13g protein

40g carbohydrate

7.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0.6 g, saturated fat 2.9 g, fibre 26 g, salt 0.04 g, energy 1,380 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11015 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is pepper?

Pepper is a kind of seed.

Kinds of pepperBlack pepper White pepper Green pepper Pepper extract Pink peppercorn Peppercorns Grey pepperLong pepperPepper mixColorful 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.

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