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Crustaceans flavouring on a food label: it may contain crustaceans

Crustaceans flavouring is a kind of flavouring. It may be made from crustaceans. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 363 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does crustaceans flavouring contain an allergen?

Crustaceans flavouring may be made from crustaceans or only taste of them. If it is made from them, the label must say so wherever the allergen lists apply.

Read the crustaceans and molluscs guide

Is crustaceans flavouring vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of crustaceans 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.
Shellfish allergyHeads upIt may be made from crustaceans.

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What other names does crustaceans flavouring have on a label?

On European labels it is “arôme de crustacés” in French, “Krustentieraroma” in German and “aroma di crostacei” in Italian. The other 2 languages are listed below.

French
arôme de crustacés
German
Krustentieraroma, Schalentieraroma
Italian
aroma di crostacei
Finnish
äyriäisaromi
Croatian
aroma rakova

Which foods contain crustaceans flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists crustaceans flavouring or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 363 products, most often ready meals, fish and seafood and salty and fatty foods. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Italy.

  • Ready meals142
  • Fish and seafood110
  • Salty and fatty foods8
  • Dressings and sauces8
  • Savoury snacks8
  • Pasta, rice and flour5

Products with it, by country of sale: France 337 · Belgium 26 · Italy 9 · Switzerland 8.

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

What kind of ingredient is crustaceans flavouring?

Crustaceans flavouring is a kind of flavouring.

Kinds of crustaceans flavouringNatural crustaceans 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: Crustaceans 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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