Ingredient dictionary

Butter natural flavouring on a food label: it may contain milk

Butter natural flavouring is a kind of natural flavouring. It may be made from milk. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,619 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Butter natural flavouring=milk

Does butter natural flavouring contain an allergen?

Butter natural flavouring may be made from milk or only taste of it. If it is made from it, the label must say so wherever the allergen lists apply.

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Is butter natural flavouring vegan?

No. Butter natural flavouring is not vegan: it is made from milk. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it is made from milk.
VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.
Milk allergyHeads upIt may be made from milk.

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What other names does butter natural flavouring have on a label?

In English butter natural flavouring can also read “natural butter flavour”. On European labels it is “arôme naturel de beurre” in French, “natürliches Butteraroma” in German and “aroma natural de mantequilla” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

In Englishnatural butter flavour
French
arôme naturel de beurre
German
natürliches Butteraroma, natürliches Butter-Aroma
Spanish
aroma natural de mantequilla
Italian
Aroma di burro naturale
Dutch
natuurlijk boteraroma
Finnish
luontainen voiaromi
Hungarian
természetes vaj aroma
Croatian
maslac prirodne arome

Which foods contain butter natural flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists butter natural flavouring in the ingredients of 1,619 products, most often biscuits and cakes, ready meals and pizzas, pies and quiches. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes272
  • Ready meals132
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches88
  • Dressings and sauces86
  • Bread78
  • Sandwiches36

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 1,388 · France 76 · Germany 30 · Canada 28.

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

What kind of ingredient is butter natural flavouring?

Butter natural flavouring is a kind of natural flavouring.

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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: Butter natural 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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