Allergies and your safety

What Daphne does

When you tell Daphne about an allergy, it removes products whose store listing declares that allergen, lists it in the ingredients, or is named for it (salmon, for a fish allergy). Daphne's own recipes that contain it are never put on your list, and the add-an-item helper and cooking steps for dishes you add leave it out.

What Daphne can't see

• Cross-contact. Shared equipment, shared facilities and “may contain” warnings are often missing from store listings.
• Products with no allergen information. When a packaged product's listing has no allergen panel and no ingredient list, Daphne can't screen it. These are marked “Check label” on your list.
• Recipe changes. Brands change formulas, and listings can lag behind the package.
• Listing mistakes, and items without a package label, like bakery, deli and bulk foods.
• Things you add yourself. Daphne screens what it can find, but it can't know every product a brand makes.

Cooking steps, swaps and your own recipes

• Cooking steps can call for things that aren't on your list, like oil, butter, salt or a sauce. Some of those can contain allergens (peanut or sesame oil, for example). Check before you use them.
• Stretch it, the score dial and swaps can change a product's brand. Read the new label.
• Recipes you save yourself are flagged when an ingredient looks like one of your allergens, but they aren't changed. You decide what goes in them.

Shop together

A shared list is screened for the allergies of the person who owns it, not for everyone who can see it. If you have an allergy and shop from someone else's list, check every label for yours.

Recall notices

Daphne shows recent public recall notices that may match your list. It can miss recalls and can flag products that aren't affected. A product with no notice isn't guaranteed to be safe. Read the official notice and check the package.

What to do

Read the label on every package before you buy or eat it, every time. If your allergy is severe, follow your doctor's guidance and treat Daphne as a starting point, never a guarantee.

Not medical advice

Daphne is a grocery list app. It isn't a medical device and doesn't give medical or nutrition advice. The clean score describes how processed a product is, not whether it's right for your health.

Daphne can't guarantee that any product is free of an allergen and isn't responsible for reactions to products on your list. Checking the label is up to you.