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Apple flavouring on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Apple flavouring is a kind of flavouring. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 224 products, most often in sweetened drinks.

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Does apple flavouring contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link apple flavouring to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is apple flavouring vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of apple flavouring are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.

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What other names does apple flavouring have on a label?

On European labels it is “arôme de pomme” in French, “Apfelgeschmack” in German and “esencia de manzana” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
arôme de pomme
German
Apfelgeschmack, Apfelsaftaroma
Spanish
esencia de manzana
Italian
aroma (mela), aroma (mele)
Polish
aromat jabłkowy
Finnish
omena-aromi
Hungarian
alma aroma
Croatian
aroma jabuke

Which foods contain apple flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists apple flavouring in the ingredients of 224 products, most often sweetened drinks, sweets and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Sweetened drinks36
  • Sweets32
  • Biscuits and cakes24
  • Unsweetened drinks18
  • Dressings and sauces6
  • Drinks with sweeteners6

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 75 · France 57 · United Kingdom 21 · Belgium 13.

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

What kind of ingredient is apple flavouring?

Apple flavouring is a kind of flavouring.

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Sources

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: Apple flavouring
  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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