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Enter your dishes, tick the 14 allergens, print. A page + a QR that stay valid even when the menu moves. No account. In your colours.

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3 steps. Poster ready.

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1
Your menu, dish by dish

Add your categories and dishes, tick the allergens present or in traces among the 14 regulated allergens. The preview updates live.

2
Your colours, not ours

Choose your establishment's colours: the poster and the public page adapt instantly.

3
Print once. Update forever.

Download the A4, stick up the QR. Menu changes? You edit online. The QR on the wall never moves.

Built for service, not the office

Static PDFs are over. Your poster lives with your menu.

One QR. Once. Forever.

Print the QR today. Change the menu tomorrow, next month, mid-season: same link, same code.

It looks like your restaurant

The poster and public page use your colours, not a software vendor's.

Customers read in their language

Customers read allergens in French, English, German, Spanish or Italian, using official EU terminology.

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The 14 allergens requiring mandatory declaration

EU regulation INCO No 1169/2011 requires you to inform customers about 14 allergenic substances. Here is the official list, with the products they most often hide in.

The information must be written, available without the customer having to ask for it, and easy to reach: a poster in the room, a note on the menu, or a page opened with a QR code.

1. Cereals containing gluten
Wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut and derived products: bread, pasta, breadcrumbs, flour-thickened sauces, beer.
2. Crustaceans
Prawns, crabs, langoustines, lobsters, crayfish and every preparation made with crustaceans.
3. Eggs
Eggs and egg products: mayonnaise, pastries, fresh pasta, emulsified sauces, meringues.
4. Fish
Fish and fish products, including stocks, fumets, fish sauce and the anchovies hidden in dressings.
5. Peanuts
Peanuts and peanut products, common in sauces, curries, pastries and some frying oils.
6. Soybeans
Soybeans and derived products: soy sauce, tofu, miso, and the soy lecithin found in many industrial preparations.
7. Milk
Milk and dairy products, lactose included: butter, cream, cheese, whey, buttermilk preparations.
8. Nuts
Tree nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, pecans, Brazil nuts, macadamia and Queensland nuts.
9. Celery
Celery stalks, celeriac, celery seeds and celery salt, very common in stocks, bases and remoulade sauces.
10. Mustard
Mustard, mustard seeds and derived products, present in vinaigrettes, marinades and many sauces.
11. Sesame seeds
Sesame seeds and sesame products: breads, burger buns, tahini, hummus, spice blends, sesame oil.
12. Sulphur dioxide and sulphites
Sulphur dioxide and sulphites above 10 mg/kg: wines, dried fruit, dehydrated potatoes, treated seafood.
13. Lupin
Lupin, lupin flour and derived products, used in some breads, pasta and gluten-free preparations.
14. Molluscs
Molluscs: mussels, oysters, clams, scallops, snails, squid, octopus and derived products.

How to display allergens in practice

List your dishes, tick the allergens present and those that may be present in traces, then print the A4 poster and put the QR code at the entrance or on the menu. Customers read the list in their own language, and you update the menu online whenever it changes, without ever reprinting the QR code.

Frequently asked questions

Is displaying allergens mandatory?

Yes. Under EU regulation INCO No 1169/2011 (and the French decree of 2015), any establishment serving non-prepacked food must inform customers, in writing, of the presence of the 14 major allergens in its dishes.

What are the 14 allergens requiring mandatory declaration?

Cereals containing gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, peanuts, soybeans, milk, nuts, celery, mustard, sesame seeds, sulphur dioxide and sulphites, lupin and molluscs.

Is LFAllergènes really free?

Yes, entirely. No premium tier, no commission, no data resale. It is a tool from the Ludovic Frank group, a developer based in Nancy, France, like lffavicon.com and lfqr.fr.

Do I need an account?

No. You create your sheet without signing up and receive a secret edit link. If you wish, you can later save your sheets with your email, passwordless, via a magic link.

Does LFAllergènes certify my compliance?

No. LFAllergènes is a formatting and publishing tool. The declaration of allergens remains the sole responsibility of the establishment: check your recipes and suppliers.

What happens to a restaurant that does not display allergens?

Failing to inform customers about allergens is a consumer information offence, checked by the food safety authorities. In France it exposes the business to an administrative fine of up to 1,500 EUR for an individual and 7,500 EUR for a company, on top of the health risk for an allergic customer.

Is telling customers verbally enough?

No. The information must be available in writing and reachable without the customer having to ask. A poster in the room, a note on the menu, or a page opened with a QR code all satisfy the requirement.

Is a QR code accepted for allergen information?

Yes, as long as the information stays available on site and readable without any special effort. Best practice is to keep a paper version too, which is exactly what LFAllergènes produces: a printable A4 poster and an online page behind the same QR code.

Does it work for a food truck, a bakery or a caterer?

Yes. The obligation covers every direct sale of non-prepacked food: restaurants, brasseries, pizzerias, food trucks, bakeries, caterers, canteens and takeaway. The A4 poster and the QR code work the same way.

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