Ingredient dictionary
Natural and artificial flavouring on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Natural and artificial flavouring is a kind of artificial 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 35,917 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does natural and artificial flavouring contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link natural and artificial 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 natural and artificial flavouring vegan?
It depends on the make. Some kinds of natural and artificial 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.
A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.
What other names does natural and artificial flavouring have on a label?
In English natural and artificial flavouring can also read “natural and artificial flavours”, “natural and artificial flavors” or “natural and artificial flavoring”. On European labels it is “arômes naturels et artificiels” in French, “natürliches und künstliches Aroma” in German and “Aroma natural y artificial” in Spanish. The other 8 languages are listed below.
- French
- arômes naturels et artificiels
- German
- natürliches und künstliches Aroma
- Spanish
- Aroma natural y artificial, saborizante artificial y natural
- Italian
- Aroma naturale ed artificiale
- Dutch
- Natuurlijke en kunstmatige smaakstoffen
- Polish
- Naturalne i sztuczne aromaty
- Danish
- naturlige og kunstige aromaer
- Finnish
- luontaiset ja keinotekoiset aromit
- Czech
- Přírodní a umělá příchuť
- Hungarian
- természetes és mesterséges aromák
- Croatian
- prirodne i umjetne arome
Which foods contain natural and artificial flavouring?
Open Food Facts lists natural and artificial flavouring in the ingredients of 35,917 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, Canada and France.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 34,026 · Canada 974 · France 642 · Mexico 184.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where natural and artificial flavouring turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is natural and artificial flavouring?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, natural and artificial flavouring sits under artificial flavouring and 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.
- Open Food Facts: Natural and artificial flavouring
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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