Every year, people die from allergic reactions to food prepared by professionals who thought their systems were good enough. Paper folders get lost. Staff forget. Suppliers change ingredients without telling you. And when the inspector arrives -- or when the ambulance does -- "we usually get it right" is not a defence.
AllergenLog replaces the paper folder with a digital allergen compliance system that tracks all 14 regulated allergens across every recipe, every supplier, and every member of staff. Automatically.
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Right now, there is a paper folder somewhere in your kitchen. It has allergen information in it. Some of it is up to date. Some of it is not. You are not entirely sure which is which, and neither is the person cooking lunch.
This is how allergen incidents happen. Not through negligence. Through systems that cannot keep up.
Natasha Ednan-Laperouse died after eating a Pret baguette with undeclared sesame. Owen Carey died after eating a burger with undeclared buttermilk at Byron. Benedict Blythe, aged five, died at school after being given milk he was allergic to.
These were not back-alley operations. These were professional food businesses that believed their allergen systems were adequate.
The question is not whether your paper folder is "good enough." The question is whether you would stake someone's life on it.
A Uxbridge restaurant was fined £43,816 in April 2025 after a customer was hospitalised from undeclared nut allergens. A Lampeter takeaway was ordered to pay £2,808 after test purchases found undeclared mustard. Fines for allergen failures are now unlimited.
And that is before the reputational damage. One local news story. One negative CQC report. One parent Facebook post. Your reputation takes years to build and minutes to destroy.
CQC inspectors check your allergen documentation. Ofsted expects it. Environmental Health Officers expect it. And they all know the difference between a living compliance system and a dusty folder with last year's recipes in it.
Paper has no version history. No alerts when a supplier changes a product. No proof of when records were last reviewed. No way to verify that every member of staff has current allergen training.
When the inspector opens that folder, what will they find?
Your head cook knows which stock cubes contain celery. She knows the new bread rolls have sesame seeds. She knows Mrs Patterson in Room 12 cannot have soy.
What happens when she is off sick? What happens when she leaves?
Paper-based allergen knowledge lives in people's heads, not in your systems. Every time a staff member leaves, your allergen compliance walks out the door with them.
There is a better way. And it costs less than two coffees a week.
UK law requires food businesses to identify and communicate these 14 allergens. AllergenLog tracks all of them -- not as a manual checklist you hope someone fills in, but as an automatic calculation based on your actual recipes and ingredients.
Including celeriac, found in stock cubes and soups
Wheat, rye, barley, oats
Crabs, lobster, prawns, shrimp
Including products made with eggs
Including fish sauce, found in some dressings
Found in some flour blends and baked goods
Including lactose, found in many processed foods
Mussels, oysters, squid, snails
Including mustard powder, found in sauces and marinades
Almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecans, Brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamia
Including peanut oil, found in some Asian sauces
Seeds and oil, increasingly common in bread products
Including soya lecithin, found in many processed foods
Above 10mg/kg, found in dried fruit, wine, some meat products
The core of everything.
Build your recipes once. AllergenLog automatically identifies which of the 14 regulated allergens are present in each dish based on your actual ingredients. Change an ingredient -- swap a stock cube, switch a bread supplier -- and the allergen matrix updates instantly across every affected recipe.
No manual cross-referencing. No hoping someone remembered to update the folder.
Standalone recipe management software: £30-50/month
Know who is trained. Know who is not. Know when training expires.
Record which staff members have completed allergen training, what level they achieved, and when renewal is due. Get automatic alerts before training lapses. Generate a training register report for inspectors in one click.
CQC Regulation 12 requires that staff handling food have adequate allergen training. This proves it.
Standalone training management: £15-25/month
The silent risk no paper folder catches.
Suppliers reformulate products constantly. A "may contain" warning appears on packaging you have been using for years. A stock cube brand changes its recipe. AllergenLog lets you flag supplier changes and instantly see which of your recipes are affected.
Borough Care saved 40 hours per month per home by going digital with their kitchen management. Supplier tracking was one of the biggest time savings.
Standalone supplier management: £20-40/month
Today's menu. Today's allergens. Printed and on the wall in 30 seconds.
Generate a daily allergen summary based on your current menu -- not a sheet from last month that no longer matches what you are serving. Print it, laminate it, stick it on the kitchen wall. It is always accurate because it is generated from your live recipe data.
Standalone menu allergen display: £7-24/month (Menu Guide pricing)
One click. Documentation to support your next inspection.
Generate a comprehensive PDF with your allergen procedures, training records, ingredient sources, recipe allergen matrices, and supplier documentation. Formatted, dated, and designed to support your preparation for CQC, Ofsted, or Environmental Health inspections.
Stop spending the weekend before an inspection scrambling through filing cabinets.
Compliance consultant visit to prepare audit documentation: £200-500 per visit
The early warning system your paper folder does not have.
When an ingredient is swapped, a supplier product changes, or a recipe is modified, AllergenLog alerts you immediately. It shows exactly which recipes are affected, what allergens have changed, and what action you need to take.
This is how you prevent incidents. Not by hoping someone notices. By building a system that cannot miss.
No standalone equivalent exists. This is unique to AllergenLog.
| Recipe allergen calculator (unlimited recipes, 14-allergen auto-calculation) | £50/month |
| Staff allergen training tracker with expiry alerts | £25/month |
| Supplier ingredient tracking with change alerts | £40/month |
| Daily allergen sheet generator (print-ready) | £15/month |
| FSA audit pack -- one-click PDF for CQC, Ofsted, EHO inspections | £200+ per visit |
| Substitution alerts (no standalone equivalent) | Priceless |
| Total standalone cost | £130+/month |
You are responsible for the safety of vulnerable residents with complex dietary needs. CQC inspectors will check your allergen documentation. You do not have a food technologist. You have a cook, a paper folder, and a lot of responsibility. AllergenLog gives you inspection-ready documentation without requiring a degree in food science.
Benedict's Law takes effect in September 2026. Every school in England must have documented allergy policies, trained staff, and individual allergy action plans. The deadline is real. The documentation requirements are significant. And you are already stretched thin. AllergenLog helps you meet the deadline with a system, not a scramble.
You serve patients with severe, documented allergies -- often multiple allergens per individual. A paper-based system in a high-volume, shift-based kitchen is a ticking clock. AllergenLog gives you a digital safety net that works regardless of who is on shift.
Every event is a new menu, new guests, new dietary requirements. You need to document allergens for each event and keep records in case of a claim. AllergenLog lets you build event-specific menus with automatic allergen calculations and exportable documentation.
If you make sandwiches, wraps, or salads for direct sale, Natasha's Law requires full ingredient labelling with allergens identified. AllergenLog calculates the allergens for every product you make, so your labels are always accurate -- even when you change a supplier.
Every plan includes the core 14-allergen recipe calculator. No per-user pricing that punishes you for having more staff. No 12-month contracts. No hidden modules.
Still unsure? A single compliance consultant visit costs £200-500. A failed inspection costs your reputation. A £43,816 fine costs your business. AllergenLog costs £19/month.
Because the regulatory environment has fundamentally changed. Natasha's Law tightened labelling requirements in 2021. The FSA's March 2025 guidance extended written allergen information expectations. Benedict's Law takes effect in September 2026. The FSA is evaluating whether mandatory written allergen information should be required for all food businesses. Enforcement is intensifying -- fines are now unlimited, and a Uxbridge restaurant was hit with £43,816 in 2025. The paper folder worked in a different regulatory era. That era is over.
AllergenLog is designed for kitchen staff, not IT departments. If your team can use a smartphone, they can use AllergenLog. You build recipes by adding ingredients from a searchable list. The system calculates allergens automatically. There is no complex setup, no configuration, no training required beyond a 10-minute walkthrough. We built it for the cook who currently writes allergen information on a whiteboard, not for food scientists.
Your data belongs to you. If you cancel, you can export everything -- recipes, allergen matrices, training records, audit packs -- as PDF or CSV before your account closes. We do not hold your data hostage. We store all data on UK-based servers in compliance with GDPR.
No catch. We are able to offer this price because AllergenLog is laser-focused on allergen compliance. We are not trying to be a full kitchen management platform, an HR system, or a general food safety suite. By doing one thing well, we keep the product simple and the price low. Enterprise platforms like FoodDocs charge USD 199/month because they try to be everything to everyone. We charge £19/month because we do one thing brilliantly.
Yes. The Multi-Site plan covers up to 5 locations for £39/month. Additional locations are £15/month each. For 12 homes, that is £39 + (7 x £15) = £144/month -- still cheaper than a single compliance consultant visit, and it runs 24/7 across every site. You get a centralised recipe library, cross-site reporting, and bulk staff training management. Contact us for a custom quote if you need bespoke onboarding.
No. AllergenLog focuses specifically on allergen compliance -- the 14 regulated allergens, recipe management, staff training, supplier tracking, and audit documentation. It complements your HACCP system rather than replacing it. Many kitchens use a general food safety platform alongside AllergenLog, because no general platform handles allergens with the depth and specificity that a purpose-built tool provides.
Every week you delay is another week your kitchen runs on paper, memory, and hope. Another week where a supplier could change an ingredient without you knowing. Another week where a new staff member could serve a dish without checking the allergen folder that is already out of date.
The care homes, schools, and caterers on our waitlist understand something simple: the cost of compliance is always less than the cost of non-compliance.
A £43,816 fine. A CQC downgrade. A news headline with your name in it. A family that trusted you to keep their loved one safe.
Or £19 a month.
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AllergenLog is built by Overpass Apps Ltd. UK-registered company. UK data storage. GDPR compliant.
AllergenLog is a record-keeping and documentation tool. It does not replace professional food safety advice, and does not guarantee compliance with any specific regulation. The food business operator remains responsible for allergen management at all times.
