Allergens and nutrition
Optionally record which of the 14 common allergens a dish contains, its calories, caffeine and sodium, and whether it is halal. Customers see the allergens, calories and halal mark when they open the dish on your online menu or digital menu. Menuthere's free allergen chart and calorie label tools use them too.
- Where
- Menu → open a dish → Add allergens & nutrition
- Time
- 2 min per dish
- Updated
Add the details to a dish
Step 1: Open a dish
Press the pencil on a dish, or Add Item for a new one, then Add allergens & nutrition. The block says "Optional. Shown to customers on the dish."
Step 2: Tick the allergens
Under Contains, press each allergen the dish contains. Hover over a name for its full wording.
In the dashboardMenu
Step 3: Enter the numbers
Fill Calories (per serving), Caffeine (drinks only) and Sodium if you know them. Switch on Halal if the dish is halal.
Step 4: Save
Press Save Changes, or Add Item for a new dish. Leaving everything empty stores nothing for the dish.
The 14 allergens are Gluten, Crustaceans, Eggs, Fish, Peanuts, Soy, Milk, Tree nuts, Celery, Mustard, Sesame, Sulphites, Lupin and Molluscs.
What customers see
- On the dish. When a customer opens a dish, they see Allergens with each allergen you ticked, the calories (for example "320 kcal") and a Halal mark if you switched it on. On a computer, pointing at an allergen shows its full wording.
- Every menu style. It shows in every menu style and in the digital menu a table QR opens.
- In the list. In the Diner menu style, the dish card also shows a short line such as "320 kcal · 3 allergens".
- Only what you saved. A dish with no details looks exactly as before. Caffeine and sodium are not shown to customers. They are used by the free tools.
In Menu, a dish with details shows the same short line under its name, so you can see at a glance which dishes are filled in.
Questions
Do customers see these details on my menu?
Do I have to fill this in?
How do I stop showing them for a dish?
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