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Peri-peri on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Peri-peri is a kind of chili pepper. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 78 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does peri-peri contain an allergen?

Peri-peri 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 peri-peri vegan?

Yes. Peri-peri 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 peri-peri have on a label?

In English peri-peri can also read “piri-piri” or “pili pili”. On European labels it is “pili-pili” in French, “Piri Piri” in German and “pili pili” in Dutch. One more language is listed below.

In Englishpiri-piripili pili
French
pili-pili, pili pili
German
Piri Piri, Piri-Piri
Dutch
pili pili
Polish
papryka piri piri

Which foods contain peri-peri?

Open Food Facts lists peri-peri in the ingredients of 78 products, most often dressings and sauces, oily fish and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Germany.

  • Dressings and sauces12
  • Oily fish8
  • Ready meals6
  • Fish and seafood5
  • Processed meat4
  • Salty and fatty foods2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 37 · Belgium 22 · Germany 10 · United States 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is peri-peri?

Peri-peri is a kind of chili 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: Peri-peri
  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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