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Notes on living well with allergens, what to avoid, how to read a label, what we are building.
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Aug 2, 2026
Food Allergy Apps That Don't Require an Account
Why so many scanners ask you to sign up, what happens to a health profile once it leaves your phone, and what to check before you hand one over.
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Aug 1, 2026
How to Explain a Food Allergy Abroad
The phrase that works in nine languages, why literal translation fails, and what to do when nobody at the table speaks your language.
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Jul 31, 2026
Allergen Scanner Apps and European Products
Why big-name scanners miss so many European supermarket items, how the databases behind them differ, and what to check before trusting one.
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Jul 31, 2026
Eating Out Abroad With Coeliac Disease
Why gluten is harder to explain than most allergens, the cross-contact questions worth asking, and how the picture changes country by country.
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Jul 30, 2026
What 'May Contain Traces' Actually Means
Precautionary allergen labelling is voluntary and unregulated. What the wording does and does not tell you, and how to decide when to take the risk.
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Jul 30, 2026
Travelling With Food Allergies: A Practical Checklist
What to sort before you fly, what to carry, and how to handle restaurants, supermarkets and hotel breakfasts in a country whose language you do not speak.
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Jul 29, 2026
The 14 Allergens EU Food Labels Must Declare
The full list, what the law actually requires for packaged and unpackaged food, and the gaps worth knowing about.
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Jul 29, 2026
Fig App Alternatives for Food Allergies
What people actually want when they go looking for a Fig alternative, and how the options compare on price, accounts, coverage and privacy.
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Jul 28, 2026
Hidden Sources of Milk on Ingredient Labels
Casein, whey, ghee and the other words that mean milk, plus the product categories where dairy shows up when you would not expect it.
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Jul 28, 2026
Restaurant Allergy Card: A Template That Actually Works
A copy-and-paste allergy card template, why each line is there, and how to size and print it so it survives a real kitchen.
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Jul 27, 2026
Chef Cards for Celiac Disease: What to Put on One
What a chef card is, what belongs on it, and the mistakes that make kitchen staff ignore it. Includes a free generator in 14 languages.
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Jul 27, 2026
Does Yuka Detect Allergens?
Yuka scores food for health, not for allergens. What that difference means in practice, and what to use if avoiding an ingredient is the whole point.
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May 13, 2026
Best Apps for Gluten and Lactose Intolerance
What gluten-free and lactose-free apps are actually useful at the supermarket, and what they can't replace.
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May 13, 2026
Best Food Allergy Scanner Apps in 2026
A short, practical roundup of barcode-based allergen scanner apps in 2026, what they do well, where they fall short, and how to pick one.
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May 13, 2026
Can Barcode Scanner Apps Detect Food Allergens?
An honest look at how barcode-based allergen scanners actually work, and where they reach the limits of what's possible.
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May 13, 2026
Food Allergy App vs Reading Labels: What You Still Need to Know
Apps speed up the easy 80% of label-checking. Here's the 20% you still have to do yourself, and why.
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May 13, 2026
How to Check Food Labels for Allergens Faster
Practical habits that cut the time you spend reading food labels, without missing the allergens that matter.