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Natural cheddar flavouring on a food label: it may contain milk

Natural cheddar flavouring is a kind of Cheddar flavouring. It may be made from milk. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 163 products, most often in ready meals.

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Natural cheddar flavouring=milk

Does natural cheddar flavouring contain an allergen?

Natural cheddar 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 natural cheddar flavouring vegan?

No. Natural cheddar 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 natural cheddar flavouring have on a label?

On European labels it is “arôme naturel de cheddar” in French, “natürliches Cheddararoma” in German and “aroma naturale di cheddar” in Italian. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
arôme naturel de cheddar
German
natürliches Cheddararoma, natürliches Cheddar-Aroma
Italian
aroma naturale di cheddar
Swedish
naturlig cheddarostarom
Finnish
luontainen cheddar-aromi, luontainen cheddarjuustoaromi
Hungarian
természetes cheddar aroma
Croatian
prirodna aroma cheddara

Which foods contain natural cheddar flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists natural cheddar flavouring in the ingredients of 163 products, most often ready meals, savoury snacks and vegetables. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Canada.

  • Ready meals23
  • Savoury snacks22
  • Vegetables11
  • Cheese11
  • Dressings and sauces10
  • Biscuits and cakes8

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 156 · France 3 · Canada 2 · Germany 1.

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

What kind of ingredient is natural cheddar flavouring?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, natural cheddar flavouring sits under Cheddar flavouring and natural cheese 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 cheddar 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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