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

Natural banana flavouring is a kind of natural 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 389 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does natural banana flavouring contain an allergen?

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

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

On European labels it is “arôme naturel de banane” in French, “natürliches Bananenaroma” in German and “aroma natural de plátano” in Spanish. The other 6 languages are listed below.

French
arôme naturel de banane
German
natürliches Bananenaroma
Spanish
aroma natural de plátano
Italian
Aroma naturale alla banana
Dutch
natuurlijke bananensmaak
Polish
naturalny aromat bananowy
Finnish
luontainen banaaniaromi
Hungarian
természetes banán aroma
Croatian
prirodna aroma banane

Which foods contain natural banana flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists natural banana flavouring in the ingredients of 389 products, most often biscuits and cakes, milk and yoghurt and dried fruit. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Biscuits and cakes30
  • Milk and yoghurt25
  • Dried fruit24
  • Breakfast cereals24
  • Sweets14
  • Dairy desserts9

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 207 · France 113 · Germany 34 · Belgium 10.

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

What kind of ingredient is natural banana flavouring?

Natural banana 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: Natural 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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