EU-14 Allergens
The 14 allergens of EU Regulation 1169/2011 and how they're declared in AreaCacao.
What the 14 allergens are
EU Regulation 1169/2011 requires the following allergens to be declared on the labeling of any packaged or served food in the European Union. AreaCacao labels them with these names:
- Gluten (cereals containing gluten).
- Crustaceans.
- Eggs.
- Fish.
- Peanuts.
- Soy.
- Milk (including lactose).
- Tree nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, etc.).
- Celery.
- Mustard.
- Sesame.
- Sulfites (sulfur dioxide, above 10 mg/kg).
- Lupin.
- Mollusks.
How they appear in AreaCacao
In the catalog listing
The Allergens column of the catalog shows how many EU-14 allergens each ingredient declares, or a dash if it declares none. You can narrow the listing to sheets with allergens by checking the With allergens box.
On the ingredient sheet
Inside the Nutrition Facts tab of the sheet there's an EU-14 allergens block that lists the declared ones as tags. If the ingredient declares none, you'll see "No EU-14 allergens declared.".
On your recipe's A4 sheet
When you print a recipe, the allergens inherited from all of its ingredients are aggregated into a dedicated section of the sheet, along with the regulatory disclaimer. See Print a recipe.
Why it matters
- Legal compliance with EU Regulation 1169/2011.
- Professional communication with HoReCa, retail, or end-consumer clients.
- Safety: for a custom order involving critical allergens, always check the listing before serving.
Honest limitations
- An ingredient's allergens depend on its manufacturer's declaration. If your supplier changes their production line and adds an allergen through cross-contamination, the catalog sheet won't reflect it until it's updated.
- Traces and cross-contamination are the workshop's responsibility. AreaCacao declares an ingredient's intentional allergens; you communicate traces based on your own process traceability.
If you need to adjust the allergen listing
The catalog is shared and read-only: an ingredient's allergens can't be edited from the interface. To reflect your workshop's reality, you have these paths:
- At the recipe level, communicate traces and cross-contamination according to your own process traceability, over the allergens section of the A4 sheet.
- At the account level, keep your own custom catalog with Import and export, where you can include the allergen list your supplier declares.