Gluten
Cereals containing gluten
Wheat, rye, barley, oats and their products: pasta, bread, noodles, dumpling wrappers, seitan, breadcrumbs, plus soy sauce, beer and many sauces.
Every dish on a Caidanma menu is tagged with the allergens it contains. Tap the ones you avoid and dishes containing them are hidden. This guide explains what each group includes, so the tags on the menu make sense.
The EU 14, which is also what Chinese labelling rules require. Missing one is a compliance problem, so every menu must show them.
Cereals containing gluten
Wheat, rye, barley, oats and their products: pasta, bread, noodles, dumpling wrappers, seitan, breadcrumbs, plus soy sauce, beer and many sauces.
Crustaceans
Shrimp, prawns, crab, lobster, crayfish and their products: stock, shrimp paste, XO sauce and seafood sauces.
Eggs
Hen, duck and quail eggs, plus mayonnaise, egg wash, egg noodles, egg powder, cakes and sauces such as hollandaise and caesar dressing.
Fish
All fish and fish products: fish sauce, fish balls, fish cakes, dried fish, bonito flakes. Worcestershire and caesar dressing usually contain anchovy.
Peanuts
Peanuts and peanut products: peanut butter, crushed peanuts, peanut oil, satay sauce, some curries, kung-pao dishes, sweets and pastries.
Filtered with NutsSoybeans
Soybeans, tofu, dried tofu, soy milk, fermented bean paste, edamame, plus soy sauce, miso, soybean oil and many plant-protein products.
Milk
Cow, goat and sheep milk and their products: butter, cheese, cream, yoghurt, condensed milk, ice cream, plus soups, sauces and bakes made with milk powder.
Nuts
Tree nuts: almond, cashew, walnut, hazelnut, pistachio, pecan, macadamia, chestnut, plus nut butters, crushed nuts and nut oils.
Celery
Celery stalk, leaf, seed and celery powder — common in stocks, soups, vegetable bouillon cubes, dressings, pickles and seasoning blends.
Mustard
Yellow mustard, mustard seeds, mustard powder and mustard paste — common in salad dressings, mayonnaise, pickles, curry powder and sauces.
Sesame seeds
Sesame seeds, tahini, sesame oil, sesame paste, tofu skin, plus sesame on burger buns, flatbreads and other bakery.
Filtered with NutsSulphur dioxide & sulphites
Used as preservative and antioxidant: dried fruit, candied fruit, wine, fruit juice, pickles, potato products. Must be declared above 10mg/kg.
Lupin
Lupin flour and lupin seeds — common in gluten-free flour blends, some bread, biscuits and pasta. Legume family: may cross-react with peanut.
Molluscs
Clams, scallops, oysters, squid, octopus, abalone, snails, plus products such as oyster sauce, fish sauce and some seafood pastes.
Not mandatory, but guests ask about them constantly. Tagging them saves your staff from repeating the same answers.
Mango
Mango flesh, juice, dried mango and mango sauce — common in Thai salads and desserts. May cross-react with cashew and pistachio (urushiol family).
Kiwi fruit
Kiwi flesh, juice, jam, plus drinks and desserts with kiwi seeds — common on fruit platters and in salads.
Stone fruits
Peach, plum, apricot, cherry, nectarine and other stone fruits, plus their dried fruit, canned fruit, juice and almond-flavoured liqueurs.
Pineapple
Pineapple flesh, juice, canned pineapple and pineapple sauce — common in Hawaiian pizza, Thai fried rice, sweet-and-sour dishes and cocktails.
Corn
Sweetcorn, cornmeal, corn starch, corn syrup and popcorn — widespread in processed food and drinks (e.g. high-fructose corn syrup).
Buckwheat
Buckwheat noodles (soba), buckwheat flour and buckwheat tea. Soba is often blended with wheat — confirm it is 100% buckwheat.
Mushroom
Shiitake, button, oyster, enoki, wood-ear and other mushrooms, plus mushroom stock and mushroom-based seasoning.
Chili
Chili, chili powder, chili sauce, doubanjiang, pickled chili and spicy seasoning — take care if sensitive to capsaicin or with gastritis.
Peanuts and sesame sit under the Nuts group for filtering: pick Nuts and dishes with peanuts or sesame are hidden too (their chips show as selected, driven by the parent). The reverse does not apply — picking Peanuts will not hide a dish tagged only as Nuts, because a nut platter does not necessarily contain peanuts.
It is the same allergen dictionary the guest menu uses (QR page, mini program, app), maintained once in the merchant dashboard: add an allergen or fix a translation and every guest sees it immediately, with no app update.
This page is general information and does not replace confirmation from the restaurant. For a serious allergy — especially peanuts, nuts or crustaceans — tell the staff before you order; shared kitchens and utensils mean cross-contact is possible.