How much red pepper can I eat on a low FODMAP diet?

Up to 20 g while staying green, if the food is eaten on its own. In a meal, the FODMAPs of the other foods add up.

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Is red pepper low FODMAP?

Q: Is red pepper low FODMAP?

Limited portion. Eaten on its own, this food stays green up to 20 g, turns orange up to 40 g, and red above that.

Limited portion · green up to 20 g

Eaten on its own, this food stays green up to 20 g, turns orange up to 40 g, and red above that.

How much?

0 g20 g40 g60 g +

Green : 0 – 20 gOrange : 20 – 40 gRed : > 40 g

FODMAPs in this food

Sorbitol1 g per 100 g

Sorbitol, a polyol found in some fruit and in sweeteners.

📖 Understand FODMAPs 🔬 How these values are worked out

Your whole meal, added up

In a meal, the FODMAPs of every food add up: a green serving can tip the meal into orange. FODMAP Scanner scans your products in the shop and works out the FODMAPs of your whole meal, red pepper included.

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Sources

Reliability: value taken from a scientific source.

Anses (2025). Table de composition nutritionnelle des aliments Ciqual 2025 (fructose, glucose, lactose, polyols totaux). doi:10.57745/RDMHWY. Licence Ouverte Etalab.

Cut-offs per meal: Varney J. et al. (2017), J Gastroenterol Hepatol 32(S1):53-61. Colours apply to the food eaten on its own, for a person without specific tolerances.

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