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

Banana 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 285 products, most often in dried fruit.

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Does banana flavouring contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link banana 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 banana flavouring vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of banana 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 banana flavouring have on a label?

On European labels it is “arôme de banane” in French, “Bananengeschmack” in German and “aroma de plátano” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
arôme de banane
German
Bananengeschmack, Bananenaroma
Spanish
aroma de plátano, aroma de banana
Italian
aroma di banana
Dutch
bananensmaak
Polish
aromat bananowy
Finnish
banaaniaromi
Hungarian
banán aroma, banánaroma
Romanian
aromă de banane
Croatian
aroma banane

Which foods contain banana flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists banana flavouring in the ingredients of 285 products, most often dried fruit, milk and yoghurt and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Dried fruit36
  • Milk and yoghurt20
  • Sweetened drinks18
  • Breakfast cereals18
  • Biscuits and cakes18
  • Pasta, rice and flour9

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 135 · France 85 · United Kingdom 10 · Spain 10.

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

What kind of ingredient is banana flavouring?

Banana 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: Banana 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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