Bergamot flavouring

About

The flavouring that turns a black tea into an Earl Grey. Traditionally it is the fragrant oil pressed from the rind of the bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia, a citrus fruit the size of an orange and probably a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange, whose extracts are also used in perfume and cosmetics.^[1] Many Earl Greys, however, use other natural or artificial flavourings or synthetic oils instead, because they are cheaper and keep longer, and a label that says only "flavouring" does not say which was used; the vegan and vegetarian status is therefore recorded as uncertain.^[2] The Twinings Original Earl Grey tin declares it as arôme bergamote and bergamotaroma, at 1%.^[3]

Products (1)

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  Twinings Original Earl Grey 200 g tin

  Twinings · 200 g · tin · Tea - Bags/Loose

  05055953900599

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Bergamot orange Accessed 2026-09-11.
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Earl Grey tea Accessed 2026-09-11.
3. ↑ Declaration panel of the 200 g tin, photographed 2019-02-03 (Open Food Facts, CC BY-SA 3.0) Accessed 2026-09-11.