- Drawback Tutorial Home
- TTB F 5154.1
- Glossary/References
- Calculations
- Unfitness for Beverage Purposes
- Naming Flavor/Flavoring Products
- Components of Formulas
- Format of submissions
- Common mistakes
- Listing Ingredients in Your Formula
- Identifying all sources of ethanol
- Limited ingredients
- Prohibited ingredients
- Information about solid extracts
- Artificial versus natural vanillin
- Flavors purchased from other manufacturers
- Compounded flavors manufactured in-house
- Acids as flavoring chemicals
- Botanicals allowed in flavors
- Submitting Samples with Formulas
- Revisions to Approved Formulas
- Special Products
- Example Formulas
Botanicals allowed in flavors
Back to Nonbeverage Products Laboratory page
Botanicals Allowed in Flavors
All botanicals used in flavors must be approved for food use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Listing the Latin or scientific name of the botanical is highly recommended. Although it is not a comprehensive list, the following table provides the GRAS status of a number of botanical ingredients. Please be aware that the status of these products could change at any time. You can find comprehensive lists of approved ingredients in 21 CFR Parts 172.510, 182.10, and 182.20. The Substances Added to Food (formerly “EAFUS” - FDA’s Everything Added to Food in the United States) list on the FDA website also lists botanicals.