Flavouring Substances
Decode Label notes Flavouring Substances for information in food and drink (artificial additive). It appears in 256 of the 912 published products we have analysed (28.1%).
The concern
A flavour blend: its individual compounds are not listed on the label
Indian rules classify added flavours as natural, nature-identical (chemically synthesised copies of natural compounds) or artificial, and require the class to be declared. The label names the class, not the compounds, so a reader cannot see which substances make up the blend, or whether it carries something they avoid. This is information about transparency, not a finding of harm.
Most relevant to
Cited authority
FSS (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011, flavours; FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations 2020
How common it is in this catalogue
Measured across every product Decode Label has analysed — not estimated, and not taken from anyone else's dataset.
By category
Identity
Also appears on labels as
Questions
Are Flavouring Substances safe?
The concern is cited to FSS (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011, flavours; FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations 2020. Why it is flagged: A flavour blend: its individual compounds are not listed on the label. It appears in 256 of the 912 published products we have analysed (28.1%).
How common are Flavouring Substances in Indian packaged products?
Decode Label found Flavouring Substances in 256 of 912 published products (28.1%), most often in Food, Beverages, Health & Supplements.
Who should be most careful with Flavouring Substances?
Anyone eating this regularly; Children.
Products containing Flavouring Substances
256 published products, each with its own full analysis.
…and 136 more.
Related ingredients
Other entries in the register with the same kind of concern.
Method and limits
- Prevalence counts published products whose decoded ingredient list matches this substance or one of its label synonyms, using the same matching the score itself uses. It describes our catalogue of 912 products, not the Indian market as a whole.
- Presence is not dose. An ingredient list gives order, not quantity, unless the pack declares a percentage. Nothing here estimates how much of this substance any product contains.
- A classification is not a verdict on a product. An agency classifies a substance under defined conditions of exposure; whether that matters in a given food or cosmetic depends on route, concentration and use.
- No regulatory rows. This substance is not matched in our regulatory warehouse, so the concern above rests on the cited authority alone.
- Last updated. This register entry was last changed on 3 November 2026.
- Corrections. Every figure here is reproducible from the sources named. If something is wrong, tell us and we will correct it and say what changed.