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

Paprika 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 138 products, most often in savoury snacks.

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Does paprika flavouring contain an allergen?

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

It depends on the make. Some kinds of paprika 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 paprika flavouring have on a label?

On European labels it is “arôme de paprika” in French, “Paprika-Aroma” in German and “aroma de pimentón” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French
arôme de paprika
German
Paprika-Aroma
Spanish
aroma de pimentón
Italian
aroma di paprika
Dutch
paprika-aroma
Polish
aromat papryki, aromat paprykowy
Swedish
paprikaarom
Finnish
paprika-aromi
Hungarian
paprika aroma
Croatian
paprika aroma

Which foods contain paprika flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists paprika flavouring in the ingredients of 138 products, most often savoury snacks, dressings and sauces and ready meals. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Savoury snacks40
  • Dressings and sauces14
  • Ready meals6
  • Processed meat6
  • Nuts6
  • Potatoes5

Products with it, by country of sale: France 46 · United States 26 · United Kingdom 22 · Belgium 10.

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

What kind of ingredient is paprika flavouring?

Paprika 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.

  1. Open Food Facts: Paprika 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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