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

Natural fish flavouring is a kind of natural flavouring. It may be made from fish. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 238 products, most often in ready meals.

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Does natural fish flavouring contain an allergen?

Natural fish flavouring may be made from fish 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 fish flavouring vegan?

No. Natural fish flavouring is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it comes from an animal.
VegetarianNot for youIt comes from fish or shellfish.
Fish allergyHeads upIt may be made from fish.

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What other names does natural fish flavouring have on a label?

On European labels it is “arôme naturel de poisson” in French, “natürliches Fischaroma” in German and “aroma naturale di pesce” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
arôme naturel de poisson
German
natürliches Fischaroma, natürliches Fisch-Aroma
Italian
aroma naturale di pesce
Finnish
luontainen kala-aromi
Hungarian
természetes hal aroma
Croatian
prirodna aroma ribe

Which foods contain natural fish flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists natural fish flavouring in the ingredients of 238 products, most often ready meals, fish and seafood and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Italy.

  • Ready meals131
  • Fish and seafood30
  • Savoury snacks11
  • Salty and fatty foods5
  • Oily fish4
  • Dressings and sauces4

Products with it, by country of sale: France 228 · Belgium 10 · Italy 5 · Switzerland 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is natural fish flavouring?

Natural fish 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 fish 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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