Free Allergen Matrix Builder

Create a professional, print-ready allergen matrix for your menu — all 14 UK allergens, contains and may-contain states, saved automatically in your browser. No signup, no upload, free for any food business.
✓ Contains M May contain (cross-contamination risk) · Click a cell to cycle

Your matrix saves automatically in this browser — nothing is uploaded to any server.

Allergen information recorded by the food business, which remains responsible for its accuracy. Generated with AllergenKit — allergenkit.co.uk

Important: you are responsible for the accuracy of the allergen information you record. Always check ingredient labels and confirm with your suppliers — AllergenKit provides the format, not the facts. This tool does not constitute legal or food-safety advice.

What is an allergen matrix?

An allergen matrix — sometimes called an allergen chart or allergen table — lists every item you sell against the 14 allergens regulated in the UK. Staff can answer a customer's allergy question in seconds, and an Environmental Health Officer can see at a glance that you take allergen control seriously. It's the standard format used across cafés, restaurants, bakeries, delis, takeaways, schools and care settings.

The 14 UK allergens covered

Celery, cereals containing gluten (wheat, rye, barley, oats), crustaceans, eggs, fish, lupin, milk, molluscs, mustard, tree nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecans, brazils, pistachios, macadamias), peanuts, sesame, soya, and sulphur dioxide/sulphites above 10mg/kg or 10mg/litre.

How to use this builder

  1. Add your business name and menu section.
  2. Add each menu item as a row.
  3. Click the cells to mark ✓ contains or M may contain for each allergen — check your ingredient labels and supplier specifications as you go.
  4. Print it or save as PDF (the printout includes a review date, which inspectors like to see).
  5. Re-check whenever a recipe or supplier changes, and print a fresh dated copy.

Do I also need PPDS ("Natasha's Law") labels?

If you sell food that is packed before the customer orders it — sandwiches in a grab-and-go fridge, boxed cakes, packed salads — that's prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) and it needs a full ingredient label with allergens emphasised, on every pack. A matrix alone isn't enough for those items. AllergenKit Pro adds a PPDS label generator that prints onto standard label sheets — see pricing.