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

Natural milk flavouring is a kind of natural flavouring. It may be made from milk. It is vegetarian but not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 963 products, most often in ready meals.

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Natural milk flavouring=milk

Does natural milk flavouring contain an allergen?

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

No. Natural milk flavouring is not vegan: it is made from milk. It is vegetarian.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it is made from milk.
VegetarianFits youNot meat or fish.
Milk allergyHeads upIt may be made from milk.

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

On European labels it is “arôme naturel de lait” in French, “natürliches Milcharoma” in German and “aroma natural de leche” in Spanish. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
arôme naturel de lait
German
natürliches Milcharoma
Spanish
aroma natural de leche
Italian
aroma naturale di latte
Dutch
natuurlijk melkaroma
Finnish
luontainen maitoaromi
Hungarian
természetes tej aroma
Croatian
prirodna aroma mlijeka

Which foods contain natural milk flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists natural milk flavouring in the ingredients of 963 products, most often ready meals, biscuits and cakes and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and Italy.

  • Ready meals200
  • Biscuits and cakes116
  • Savoury snacks94
  • Pasta, rice and flour68
  • Dressings and sauces44
  • Ice cream37

Products with it, by country of sale: France 858 · Belgium 44 · Italy 31 · Spain 28.

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

What kind of ingredient is natural milk flavouring?

Natural milk 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 milk 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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