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Natural malt flavouring on a food label: it may contain gluten

Natural malt flavouring is a kind of natural flavouring. It may be made from gluten. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made.

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Natural malt flavouring=gluten

Does natural malt flavouring contain an allergen?

Natural malt flavouring may be made from gluten 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 malt flavouring vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of natural malt 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.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads upIt may be made from gluten.

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

On European labels it is “arôme naturel de malt” in French, “Natürliches Malzaroma” in German and “aroma naturale di malto” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.

French
arôme naturel de malt
German
Natürliches Malzaroma
Italian
aroma naturale di malto
Swedish
naturlig maltarom
Finnish
luontainen mallasaromi
Croatian
prirodna aroma slada

Which foods contain natural malt flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists natural malt flavouring in the ingredients of 15 products, most often dressings and sauces, sweetened drinks and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Sweden.

  • Dressings and sauces5
  • Sweetened drinks5
  • Biscuits and cakes1
  • Chocolate1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 6 · France 5 · Sweden 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is natural malt flavouring?

Natural malt flavouring is a kind of natural flavouring.

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Sources

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 malt 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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