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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.
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
Tell Finn one recurring bake and he’ll reply personally to help save its supplier ingredients, build a reusable recipe and produce the dated matrix or label you actually need. Current early-user support includes one month of Pro free, with no card or sales call required. Other food businesses can still use every tool.
AllergenKit Pro saves supplier ingredients and reusable recipes, then keeps your matrix and labels connected. Print on common thermal or A4 sheet printers using preset or custom rectangular sizes. £9/month, cancel anytime.
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
- Add your business name and menu section.
- Add each menu item as a row.
- Click the cells to mark ✓ contains or M may contain for each allergen — check your ingredient labels and supplier specifications as you go.
- Print it or save as PDF (the printout includes a review date, which inspectors like to see).
- 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 for thermal rolls and Avery-compatible A4 sheets — see pricing.