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Red and yellow peppers on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Red and yellow peppers are a kind of red bell pepper. They are not one of the allergens that labels must declare. They are vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 124 products, most often in pizzas, pies and quiches.

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Do red and yellow peppers contain an allergen?

Red and yellow peppers are 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.

Are red and yellow peppers vegan?

Yes. Red and yellow peppers are vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in them.

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 do red and yellow peppers have on a label?

In English red and yellow peppers can also read “red and yellow bell peppers”, “yellow and red peppers” or “yellow and red bell peppers”. On European labels they are “poivrons rouges et jaunes” in French, “Peperoni rot und gelb” in German and “peperoni rossi e gialli” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

In Englishred and yellow bell peppersyellow and red peppersyellow and red bell peppers
French
poivrons rouges et jaunes, poivrons jaunes et rouges
German
Peperoni rot und gelb
Italian
peperoni rossi e gialli
Dutch
rode en gele paprika
Swedish
röd och gul paprika
Croatian
crvena i žuta paprika

Which foods contain red and yellow peppers?

Open Food Facts lists red and yellow peppers in the ingredients of 124 products, most often pizzas, pies and quiches, ready meals and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy.

  • Pizzas, pies and quiches26
  • Ready meals19
  • Dressings and sauces10
  • Vegetables8
  • Fruit and vegetables3
  • Pasta, rice and flour2

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 58 · United Kingdom 33 · Italy 13 · France 12.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where red and yellow peppers turn up, not how much of the market they are.

What kind of ingredient are red and yellow peppers?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, red and yellow peppers sit under red bell pepper and yellow bell 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: Red and yellow peppers
  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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