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

Pimiento 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 1,630 products, most often in salty and fatty foods.

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Does pimiento contain an allergen?

Pimiento 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 pimiento vegan?

Yes. Pimiento 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 pimiento have on a label?

In English pimiento can also read “pimientos”, “pimento” or “pimentos”. On European labels it is “Kirschpaprika” in German, “pimento” in Italian and “piment” in Dutch. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishpimientospimentopimentos
German
Kirschpaprika
Italian
pimento
Dutch
piment
Polish
papryka wiśniowa, papryka czereśniowa
Swedish
pimento, pimento chili
Finnish
pimento, pimento-chili
Hungarian
pimiento paprika
Croatian
piment

Which foods contain pimiento?

Open Food Facts lists pimiento or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,630 products, most often salty and fatty foods, dressings and sauces and ready meals. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

  • Salty and fatty foods128
  • Dressings and sauces118
  • Ready meals97
  • Cheese85
  • Unsweetened drinks52
  • Biscuits and cakes48

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 780 · United Kingdom 362 · Netherlands 248 · Germany 108.

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

What kind of ingredient is pimiento?

Pimiento is a kind of chili pepper.

Kinds of pimientoCanned pimiento

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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: Pimiento
  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: Pimiento

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