Main 14 allergens is the search for the legal list, and the list is the FSA's. The Food Standards Agency's allergen guidance, cited below, says only the 14 allergens are required to be declared as allergens by food law: celery, cereals containing gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, lupin, milk, molluscs, mustard, peanuts, sesame, soybeans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites at more than ten parts per million, and tree nuts. The list is learned; the chart is kept. The allergen matrix on this site builds the chart from the menu and the recipes, free and without an account; the paid product keeps the dated versions with the HACCP plan.
The list
Celery, cereals containing gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, lupin, milk, molluscs, mustard, peanuts, sesame, soybeans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites above the stated threshold, and tree nuts. The FSA guidance cited below is the source, and the list is the header of the matrix.
Where they hide
Gluten in stocks and sauces, celery in stock cubes, mustard in dressings, sulphites in dried fruit and wine, sesame in oils and breads, milk in butter and glazes, lupin in some flours. The labels say; memory does not, which is why the matrix is built from the labels kept with the traceability record.
The chart
Dishes down the side, the 14 across the top, present and may-contain marks, dated, rebuilt at every recipe or supplier change and the old version kept. The matrix on this site prints it from the menu at the menu's size, free and without an account.
Keeping it
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Questions people ask about main 14 allergens
Why 14?
It is the number food law names; the guidance cited below lists them.
Is the chart a legal requirement?
Accurate allergen information must be available; the chart is how it is provided.
Is the matrix free?
Yes, without an account.