Allergy Management

14 Allergens

Rest assured knowing once your allergy information has been set on your profile, any menu items containing that allergen will be removed from your menu. Students won’t be able to see or choose any of meals with those choosen allergens. Below please find a complete list of the 14 specified allergens catered to:

Cereals containing gluten

1. Cereals containing gluten, namely: wheat (such as spelt and khorasan wheat), rye, barley, oats or their hybridised strains, and products thereof, except:
(a) wheat based glucose syrups including dextrose
(b) wheat based maltodextrins
(c) glucose syrups based on barley
(d) cereals used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin

Crustaceans

2. Crustaceans and products thereof

Eggs

3. Eggs and products thereof

Fish

4. Fish and products thereof, except:

(a) fish gelatine used as carrier for vitamin or carotenoid preparations
(b) fish gelatine or Isinglass used as fining agent in beer and wine

Peanuts

5. Peanuts and products thereof

Soybeans

6. Soybeans and products thereof, except:

(a) fully refined soybean oil and fat
(b) natural mixed tocopherols (E306), natural D-alpha tocopherol, natural D-alpha tocopherol acetate, and natural D-alpha tocopherol succinate from soybean sources
(c) vegetable oils derived phytosterols and phytosterol esters from soybean sources
(d) plant stanol ester produced from vegetable oil sterols from soybean sources

Milk

7. Milk and products thereof (including lactose), except:

(a) whey used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin
(b) lactitol

Nuts

8. Nuts, namely: almonds (Amygdalus communis L.), hazelnuts (Corylus avellana), walnuts (Juglans regia), cashews (Anacardium occidentale), pecan nuts (Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch), Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa), pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera), macadamia or Queensland nuts (Macadamia ternifolia), and products thereof, except for nuts used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin

Celery

9. Celery and products thereof

Mustard

10. Mustard and products thereof

Sesame seeds

11. Sesame seeds and products thereof

Sulphur dioxide and sulphites

12. Sulphur dioxide and sulphites at concentrations of more than 10 mg/kg or 10 mg/litre in terms of the total SO₂ which are to be calculated for products as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstituted according to the instructions of the manufacturers

Lupin

13. Lupin and products thereof

Molluscs

14. Molluscs and products thereof

A specially designed meal service to provide fresh, tasty and nutritious meals direct to students.