Free allergen label maker

Type in your ingredients and get a UK-style food label with the 14 allergens in bold, ready to print on standard A4 label sheets. It also tells you whether your way of selling needs a full Natasha’s Law label, and spots the mistakes inspectors see most. Free, and no sign-up.

This is an example tray of brownies. Change it to your own, or .

1. How does the customer get it?
  • Allergen information must be available before they order, for example on your order page or menu.
  • It must be available again when the food is delivered or collected. A label on the box is the easiest way.
  • A full Natasha’s Law (PPDS) label is not legally required for food sold this way, but this label covers both points.
2. What’s in it?

One ingredient per line. For anything shop-bought, copy its ingredients in brackets, like “milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, soya lecithin)”. Add grams to sort by weight automatically.

Allergens we found: Cereals containing gluten, Eggs, Milk, Soybeans.We spot allergens by name, so always check the list yourself. Something we don’t recognise won’t be bolded.
3. Anything else on the label

May contain (only for a real risk of cross-contact in your kitchen)

“Use by” is for food that goes off quickly and could be unsafe, like cream cakes or cooked meals.

Your label

Chocolate brownies
Ingredients: Caster sugar, Unsalted butter, Dark chocolate (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier: soya lecithin), Free range eggs, Wheat flour, Cocoa powder.
May contain tree nuts.
Store in a cool, dry place. Eat within 4 days.
Best before: __________
Your bakery name, your town

Shown at real size. If the text runs past the dashed line, choose a bigger label: the law sets a minimum text size, so don’t shrink it. Ingredients are sorted by weight, heaviest first.

The copied text puts allergens in CAPITALS so they stand out on WhatsApp or a website, which covers the “before they order” half of the rules. Your details stay on this device.

Questions sellers ask

Do I need a Natasha’s Law label if I take orders on WhatsApp?

Usually not the full label. Natasha’s Law covers food that is prepacked for direct sale: packed before anyone orders and sold from the same place. Food you make or pack after a customer orders by WhatsApp, phone or online is sold at a distance instead. You must still give allergen information before they order and again when the food is delivered or collected, and a label on the box is the simplest way to do the second part.

What has to be on a Natasha’s Law (PPDS) label?

The name of the food and a full list of ingredients in descending order by weight, with any of the 14 allergens emphasised, for example in bold.

What are the 14 allergens in the UK?

Celery, cereals containing gluten (such as wheat, rye, barley and oats), crustaceans, eggs, fish, lupin, milk, molluscs, mustard, peanuts, sesame, soybeans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites (above 10 parts per million), and tree nuts.

Can I just write "contains: milk, eggs" on the label?

Not instead of the ingredients list. Where there is an ingredients list, the allergens must be emphasised within it. A separate "contains" box should not be used to repeat them.

Should I write "may contain nuts"?

Only when there is a real risk of cross-contact you cannot control, such as nuts being used in the same kitchen. It is not a substitute for good hygiene and should not be added just in case.

Best before or use by?

Use by is for food that goes off quickly and could become unsafe, such as cream cakes, cooked meals and fresh meat or fish. Best before is about quality, for things like biscuits, bread and most cakes.

For the full explanation, including the difference most guides miss, read our guide to what Natasha’s Law actually requires.

This tool helps you lay out allergen information. It isn’t legal advice, and you are responsible for checking your ingredients and labels. If you’re unsure how the rules apply to you, ask your council’s food safety team or see the Food Standards Agency’s allergen guidance.