Ingredient dictionary
Natural flavouring on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Natural flavouring is a kind of 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 277,614 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.
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Does natural flavouring contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link natural 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 flavouring vegan?
It depends on the make. Some kinds of natural 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 flavouring have on a label?
In English natural flavouring can also read “natural flavour”, “natural flavor” or “natural flavoring”. On European labels it is “arôme naturel” in French, “natürliches Aroma” in German and “aroma natural” in Spanish. The other 12 languages are listed below.
- French
- arôme naturel, arômes naturels
- German
- natürliches Aroma, natürliche Aromen
- Spanish
- aroma natural, aromas naturales
- Italian
- aroma naturale, aromi naturali
- Dutch
- Natuurlijke smaakstoffen, natuurlijke smaak
- Portuguese
- aroma natural, aromas naturais
- Polish
- Naturalny aromat, naturalne aromaty
- Swedish
- naturlig arom, naturliga aromer
- Danish
- naturlig aroma, naturlige smagsstoffer
- Norwegian
- naturlig aroma
- Finnish
- luontainen aromi, luontaiset aromit
- Czech
- přírodní aroma, přirodni aromata
- Hungarian
- természetes aroma, természetes aromák
- Romanian
- aromă naturală, aroma naturala
- Croatian
- prirodna aroma, prirodne arome
Which foods contain natural flavouring?
Open Food Facts lists natural flavouring or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 277,614 products, most often biscuits and cakes, sweets and sweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 149,484 · France 68,635 · Germany 17,473 · United Kingdom 6,880.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where natural flavouring turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is natural flavouring?
Natural flavouring is a kind of 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 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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