Allergen guide

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.

14mandatory allergens
8extra alerts
1 tapto hide them

Mandatory (14)

The EU 14, which is also what Chinese labelling rules require. Missing one is a compliance problem, so every menu must show them.

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.

Crustaceans

Crustaceans

Shrimp, prawns, crab, lobster, crayfish and their products: stock, shrimp paste, XO sauce and seafood sauces.

Eggs

Eggs

Hen, duck and quail eggs, plus mayonnaise, egg wash, egg noodles, egg powder, cakes and sauces such as hollandaise and caesar dressing.

Fish

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

Peanuts and peanut products: peanut butter, crushed peanuts, peanut oil, satay sauce, some curries, kung-pao dishes, sweets and pastries.

Filtered with Nuts

Soybeans

Soybeans

Soybeans, tofu, dried tofu, soy milk, fermented bean paste, edamame, plus soy sauce, miso, soybean oil and many plant-protein products.

Milk

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

Nuts

Tree nuts: almond, cashew, walnut, hazelnut, pistachio, pecan, macadamia, chestnut, plus nut butters, crushed nuts and nut oils.

Celery

Celery

Celery stalk, leaf, seed and celery powder — common in stocks, soups, vegetable bouillon cubes, dressings, pickles and seasoning blends.

Mustard

Mustard

Yellow mustard, mustard seeds, mustard powder and mustard paste — common in salad dressings, mayonnaise, pickles, curry powder and sauces.

Sesame

Sesame seeds

Sesame seeds, tahini, sesame oil, sesame paste, tofu skin, plus sesame on burger buns, flatbreads and other bakery.

Filtered with Nuts

Sulphites

Sulphur 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

Lupin flour and lupin seeds — common in gluten-free flour blends, some bread, biscuits and pasta. Legume family: may cross-react with peanut.

Molluscs

Molluscs

Clams, scallops, oysters, squid, octopus, abalone, snails, plus products such as oyster sauce, fish sauce and some seafood pastes.

Extra alerts (8)

Not mandatory, but guests ask about them constantly. Tagging them saves your staff from repeating the same answers.

Mango

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

Kiwi fruit

Kiwi flesh, juice, jam, plus drinks and desserts with kiwi seeds — common on fruit platters and in salads.

Stone fruits

Stone fruits

Peach, plum, apricot, cherry, nectarine and other stone fruits, plus their dried fruit, canned fruit, juice and almond-flavoured liqueurs.

Pineapple

Pineapple

Pineapple flesh, juice, canned pineapple and pineapple sauce — common in Hawaiian pizza, Thai fried rice, sweet-and-sour dishes and cocktails.

Corn

Corn

Sweetcorn, cornmeal, corn starch, corn syrup and popcorn — widespread in processed food and drinks (e.g. high-fructose corn syrup).

Buckwheat

Buckwheat

Buckwheat noodles (soba), buckwheat flour and buckwheat tea. Soba is often blended with wheat — confirm it is 100% buckwheat.

Mushroom

Mushroom

Shiitake, button, oyster, enoki, wood-ear and other mushrooms, plus mushroom stock and mushroom-based seasoning.

Chili

Chili

Chili, chili powder, chili sauce, doubanjiang, pickled chili and spicy seasoning — take care if sensitive to capsaicin or with gastritis.

Filtering: choosing Nuts also hides peanuts and sesame

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.

Where this list comes from

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.

Allergy notice

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.