Allergen Management Made Simple with Monika

Allergen Management Made Simple with Monika

Keeping your customers safe means managing allergens effectively. Monika’s allergen management software makes this simple by centralising ingredient and allergen tracking across menus, recipes, and production processes. With everything in one place, your team can stay compliant, reduce errors, and serve meals with confidence.

Using Monika’s team management function, operators are able to define “products,” whether they’re raw ingredients, components of a dish, or complete menu items, and easily list every ingredient. All major allergens are supported, and special dietary attributes like plant-based can be tagged, giving your team a clear picture of how allergens move through your operations.

Why This Matters in Australia

Allergen management isn’t just best practice; it’s the law. Australia has strict requirements under the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, including the Plain English Allergen Labelling (PEAL) rules, which came into effect on in 2024.

These rules require businesses to:

• Use simple, clear allergen names, such as “milk” instead of technical terms
• Highlight allergens in bold font in the ingredient list
• Provide a “Contains …” summary statement clearly listing allergens

• For unpackaged foods, like meals served in hospitals, cafés, restaurants, canteens, or catering, businesses must provide allergen information to customers on request or display it near the food.

How Monika Helps

Monika makes allergen management simple and reliable across your business.

• Real-time allergen data
  Keep recipes and ingredient information up to date, supporting compliance with Australian allergen labelling rules.
• Staff confidence
  Front-of-house and kitchen teams can quickly identify allergens and suggest safe alternatives, even during busy service times, following Allergen Bureau guidance.
• Risk reduction
  Track allergens at the ingredient level, reducing reliance on memory or manual binders and minimising the risk of miscommunication or staff error.
• Customisable
  Tailor Monika to your menu, ingredients, and allergens to support compliance with local labelling laws.

Tip for staff: Centralised allergen data makes it easier to respond quickly to customer enquiries and display accurate information for unpackaged foods, reducing the risk of accidental allergen exposure.

Please note: Monika cannot verify allergen data, which relies on correct operator configuration.

By combining accurate information with intuitive tools, Monika helps your team manage allergens confidently and safely.