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Natural crustaceans flavouring on a food label: it may contain crustaceans

Natural crustaceans flavouring is a kind of crustaceans flavouring. It may be made from crustaceans. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 203 products, most often in fish and seafood.

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Does natural crustaceans flavouring contain an allergen?

Natural 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 natural crustaceans flavouring vegan?

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

On European labels it is “arôme naturel de crustacés” in French, “Natürliches Krustentieraroma” in German and “aroma naturale di crostacei” in Italian. One more language is listed below.

French
arôme naturel de crustacés
German
Natürliches Krustentieraroma
Italian
aroma naturale di crostacei
Croatian
prirodne arome rakova

Which foods contain natural crustaceans flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists natural crustaceans flavouring in the ingredients of 203 products, most often fish and seafood, ready meals and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Italy.

  • Fish and seafood80
  • Ready meals78
  • Savoury snacks6
  • Dressings and sauces4
  • Salty and fatty foods3
  • White fish2

Products with it, by country of sale: France 195 · Belgium 14 · Italy 6 · Switzerland 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is natural crustaceans flavouring?

In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, natural crustaceans flavouring sits under crustaceans 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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Natural 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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