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

Peppermint 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 350 products, most often in sweets.

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Does peppermint flavouring contain an allergen?

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

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

On European labels it is “arôme de menthe poivrée” in French, “Pfefferminzgeschmack” in German and “aroma di menta piperita” in Italian. The other 5 languages are listed below.

French
arôme de menthe poivrée
German
Pfefferminzgeschmack
Italian
aroma di menta piperita
Polish
aromat mięty pieprzowej
Swedish
pepparmintsarom
Finnish
piparminttuaromi
Hungarian
borsmenta aroma
Croatian
aroma paprene metvice

Which foods contain peppermint flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists peppermint flavouring or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 350 products, most often sweets, biscuits and cakes and unsweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

  • Sweets130
  • Biscuits and cakes41
  • Unsweetened drinks15
  • Chocolate13
  • Ice cream9
  • Sweetened drinks4

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 246 · France 36 · United Kingdom 24 · Canada 12.

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

What kind of ingredient is peppermint flavouring?

Peppermint flavouring is a kind of flavouring.

Kinds of peppermint flavouringNatural peppermint 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: Peppermint 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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