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Natural peanut flavouring on a food label: it may contain peanuts

Natural peanut flavouring is a kind of flavouring. It may be made from peanuts. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 63 products, most often in biscuits and cakes.

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Does natural peanut flavouring contain an allergen?

Natural peanut flavouring may be made from peanuts or only taste of them. If it is made from them, the label must say so wherever the allergen lists apply.

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Is natural peanut flavouring vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of natural peanut 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.
Peanut allergyHeads upIt may be made from peanuts.

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

On European labels it is “natürliches Erdnussaroma” in German, “aroma naturale di arachidi” in Italian and “prirodna aroma kikirikija” in Croatian.

German
natürliches Erdnussaroma
Italian
aroma naturale di arachidi
Croatian
prirodna aroma kikirikija

Which foods contain natural peanut flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists natural peanut flavouring in the ingredients of 63 products, most often biscuits and cakes, chocolate and ice cream. Most of them are sold in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.

  • Biscuits and cakes18
  • Chocolate9
  • Ice cream5
  • Sweets2
  • Pasta, rice and flour1
  • Fats and spreads1

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 26 · Germany 22 · United Kingdom 9 · France 6.

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

What kind of ingredient is natural peanut flavouring?

Natural peanut flavouring is a kind of 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 peanut 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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