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

Pepperoni is a kind of salami. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,231 products, most often in pizzas, pies and quiches.

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Does pepperoni contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link pepperoni to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is pepperoni vegan?

No. Pepperoni is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it comes from an animal.
VegetarianNot for youIt comes from meat or another slaughter product.

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What other names does pepperoni have on a label?

On European labels it is “salame piccante” in Italian, “pepperonisalami” in Finnish and “feferoni” in Croatian.

Italian
salame piccante
Finnish
pepperonisalami
Croatian
feferoni

Which foods contain pepperoni?

Open Food Facts lists pepperoni in the ingredients of 1,231 products, most often pizzas, pies and quiches, sandwiches and bread. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

  • Pizzas, pies and quiches789
  • Sandwiches70
  • Bread50
  • Ready meals35
  • Dressings and sauces17
  • Processed meat11

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 956 · United Kingdom 77 · Canada 72 · France 40.

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

What kind of ingredient is pepperoni?

Pepperoni is a kind of salami.

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Sources

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: Pepperoni
  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: Pepperoni

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