Editing Flavoring (section)

===Regulations on natural flavoring===
[[File:Mystic Ice Cream flavor selection sign.jpg|thumb|300px|American ice cream shop using natural flavors]]
In the EU, in order to be labeled as natural flavoring substance, many conditions have to be fulfilled: "Natural flavouring substance" shall mean a flavoring substance obtained by appropriate physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes from material of vegetable, animal or microbiological origin either in the raw state or after processing for human consumption by one or more of the traditional food preparation processes listed in Annex II. Natural flavoring substances correspond to substances that are naturally present and have been identified in nature (Article 3).<ref name="regulation_1334/2008"/>

More detailed information on the Production of Natural Flavouring Substances and (Natural) Flavouring Preparations can be found on the European Flavour Association (EFFA) Guidance Document.<ref>EFFA Guidance Document for the Production of Natural Flavouring Substances and (Natural) Flavouring Preparations: https://effa.eu/docs/default-source/guidance-documents/effa-guidance-document-for-the-production-of-natural-flavouring-substances-and-(natural)-flavouring-preparations-in-the-eu6c53ae21f98c63ce9dbbff000087830d.pdf{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

[[UK]] Food Law defines a natural flavor as:

{{Blockquote|A flavouring substance (or flavouring substances) which is (or are) obtained, by physical, enzymatic, or microbiological processes, from material of vegetable or animal origin which material is either raw or has been subjected to a process normally used in preparing food for human consumption and to no process other than one normally so used<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1994/uksi_19941486_en_1.htm|title=The Flavourings in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1994|website=www.opsi.gov.uk|access-date=3 February 2018|archive-date=28 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528083814/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1994/Uksi_19941486_en_1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations describes a "natural flavoring" as:
{{quote|The [[essential oil]], oleoresin, essence, or extractive, protein hydrolysate, [[distillate]], or any product of roasting, heating, or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit, or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf, or any other edible portions of a plant, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose primary function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.<ref name="fda-title21-2022"/>}}