Ingredient dictionary

Natural maple flavouring on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Natural maple flavouring is a kind of maple 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 152 products, most often in sweets.

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Does natural maple flavouring contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link natural maple 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 maple flavouring vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of natural maple 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.

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

On European labels it is “arôme naturel d'érable” in French, “aroma naturale d'acero” in Italian and “prirodna aroma javora” in Croatian.

French
arôme naturel d'érable
Italian
aroma naturale d'acero
Croatian
prirodna aroma javora

Which foods contain natural maple flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists natural maple flavouring in the ingredients of 152 products, most often sweets, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, Canada and France.

  • Sweets16
  • Dressings and sauces12
  • Pasta, rice and flour10
  • Biscuits and cakes10
  • Processed meat9
  • Meat8

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 129 · Canada 8 · France 7 · United Kingdom 3.

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

What kind of ingredient is natural maple flavouring?

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