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Piquillo pepper on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Piquillo pepper is a kind of red bell pepper. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 238 products, most often in vegetables.
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Does piquillo pepper contain an allergen?
Piquillo 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 piquillo pepper vegan?
Yes. Piquillo pepper is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does piquillo pepper have on a label?
On European labels it is “poivron du piquillo” in French, “Paprika Piquillo” in German and “pimiento del piquillo” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.
- French
- poivron du piquillo, poivrons du piquillo
- German
- Paprika Piquillo, Piquillo Paprika
- Spanish
- pimiento del piquillo
- Italian
- Peperone del Piquillo
- Portuguese
- pimiento del piquillo
- Swedish
- piquillo paprika
- Croatian
- piquillo papar
Which foods contain piquillo pepper?
Open Food Facts lists piquillo pepper in the ingredients of 238 products, most often vegetables, ready meals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in Spain, France and the United States.
Products with it, by country of sale: Spain 99 · France 77 · United States 64 · United Kingdom 17.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where piquillo pepper turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is piquillo pepper?
Piquillo pepper is a kind of red bell pepper.
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- Open Food Facts: Piquillo 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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