This guide shows you how to manage the allergens tracked in your KC Lite. Watch the short video below for a step-by-step walkthrough of how to customise your allergen list, merge duplicates, and assign allergens to products manually.
What You’ll Learn
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How to access your allergen settings
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How to activate or deactivate allergens in your system
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How to merge duplicate or custom allergens
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How to manually assign allergens to ingredients and products
Why This Matters
Keeping your allergen data accurate and up to date is vital for both customer safety and legal compliance. In Kitchen CUT Lite, allergen visibility is streamlined — so making sure your product-level data is correct will help you confidently generate compliant recipes and reports.
After Watching, You Should Be Able To:
✅ Activate or deactivate allergens in your business
✅ Merge unwanted duplicates or similar allergens
✅ Assign allergens to your products from within the product record
💡 Best Practices
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Only activate allergens that are relevant to your kitchen — keep the list focused.
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Use the merge function to tidy up custom or duplicated allergen entries
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Always assign allergens at the product level — these will automatically flow into your sub-recipes and recipes
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Ensure all core allergens are assigned before publishing or costing recipes
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Review allergen data after importing new products via bulk import
🆘 Need Help?
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