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Shrimp flavouring on a food label: it may contain crustaceans

Shrimp flavouring is a kind of flavouring. It may be made from crustaceans. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 54 products, most often in pasta, rice and flour.

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Does shrimp flavouring contain an allergen?

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

Read the crustaceans and molluscs guide

Is shrimp flavouring vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of shrimp 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.
Shellfish allergyHeads upIt may be made from crustaceans.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does shrimp flavouring have on a label?

On European labels it is “arôme de crevette” in French, “Garnelenaroma” in German and “aroma de camarón” in Spanish. The other 4 languages are listed below.

French
arôme de crevette
German
Garnelenaroma, Garnelen-Aroma
Spanish
aroma de camarón
Italian
aroma di gamberetto
Swedish
räkarom
Finnish
katkarapuaromi
Croatian
aroma za škampe

Which foods contain shrimp flavouring?

Open Food Facts lists shrimp flavouring in the ingredients of 54 products, most often pasta, rice and flour, ready meals and fish and seafood. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • Pasta, rice and flour19
  • Ready meals4
  • Fish and seafood3
  • Savoury snacks3
  • Biscuits and cakes1
  • Dressings and sauces1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 28 · United States 8 · United Kingdom 5 · Sweden 5.

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

What kind of ingredient is shrimp flavouring?

Shrimp 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: Shrimp 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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