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Free allergen matrix builder

Add your menu items and tick which of the 14 named allergens each one contains — then print a clear allergen chart for your team and customers. Everything stays in your browser; nothing is saved or sent.

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Putting this into practice in Ireland

Build the working day around your Irish food-safety system. FSAI's Safe Catering pack separates delivery, refrigeration, cooking and cooling, hot display, hygiene and staff records. Choose the activities your cafe actually carries out, then keep the observations and decisions together for your environmental health officer.

FSAI: Safe Catering pack
  1. Keep supplier specifications with the recipe review. When a bakery or deli supplier changes an ingredient, review every affected menu item before publishing the next customer chart.
  2. Give the service team the current written allergen information and a clear escalation route for uncertain requests. Review cross-contact in the food-safety system separately from ingredient declarations.

ProCafe · Free template

Allergen matrix builder

These are example items — edit or remove them and add your own. Tick every allergen a dish contains. Nothing is saved; print or save before you leave.

Site: Reviewed by: Review date:
Menu itemWHRYBAOACREGFIPNSYMKALHZWACAPEBNPSMACEMDSSSDLUMO
WH WheatRY RyeBA BarleyOA OatsCR CrustaceansEG EggsFI FishPN PeanutsSY SoybeansMK MilkAL AlmondsHZ HazelnutsWA WalnutsCA CashewsPE Pecan nutsBN Brazil nutsPS PistachiosMA Macadamia / Queensland nutsCE CeleryMD MustardSS SesameSD Sulphur dioxide / sulphitesLU LupinMO Molluscs

● marks an allergen present. Keep this chart accurate as your recipes change — you are responsible for the allergen information you give customers.

Questions

Common questions

What are the 14 allergens I have to declare?
Celery, cereals containing gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, lupin, milk, molluscs, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, soya, and sulphur dioxide/sulphites. This builder gives you a column for each so you can mark exactly which dishes contain them.
Is an allergen matrix a legal requirement?
You must be able to give customers accurate allergen information for the food you sell. A written allergen matrix is the clearest way to do that and is what most inspectors expect to see — this tool helps you produce one, but you're responsible for keeping it accurate for your recipes.
Does this save my menu?
No — everything happens in your browser and nothing is stored or sent anywhere. Print or save the chart before you close the tab. If you want your allergen matrix kept up to date, versioned and published to a customer-facing page, ProCafe does exactly that — free for 14 days.
How does ProCafe handle allergens?
ProCafe keeps a living 14-allergen matrix with a published, customer-facing version and a 'may contain' state for cross-contamination — updated in one place and always ready to show. Start a free trial to move off the paper chart.

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