Allergy UK
Translated chef allergy alert cards & phrases for travelling
If you are travelling with a food allergy, make some cards to take with you or save the files on your phone. There are useful phrases as well as a list of common foods
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| Languages | Balinese Bulgarian Cambodian Chinese Croatian Czech Dutch Finnish Flemish French German Greek Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Japanese Lao Malay Maltese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Russian Slovene Spanish Swahili Swedish Tamil Thai Turkish Vietnamese |
| Allergens (over 250 Allergens) | Allergy UK has a comprehensive allergen list for cards of over 250 Allergens including medicines SEE LIST Also has a customer service group to help with your unusual allergy |
| Multiple Allergens Y/N | Yes |
| Reliable Language Translations | Fail: Peanuts only translated to “Cacahuetes” |
| Images Y/N | No |
| Number of Phrases | To avoid an allergic reaction, please ensure there is no cross contamination |
| Do It Yourself (Y/N) | No |
| Digital PDF Card Emailed (Y/N) | No |
| Physical Card Printed (Y/N) | Yes |
| Cost | £8.33 / card |
- A provider passed the “Translation Test2” if there were statements that allergens may have different words in different countries and/or translated peanuts in Spanish as “Mani” and “Cacahuetes”
Approach
(Vendors are welcomed to submit corrections and/or data missing)
- Languages/Allergens/Images: When access was easily available, the options that cards were available are listed. In some case access was denied or found difficult to ascertain .
- Reliable translation: If in Spanish the several words for peanuts were available the status was pass.
- Do It Yourself/Digital PDF Card Emailed/Download/Physical Card Sold : If a card could be emailed or generated on line the status was Y
- Price per Card/Shipping: as of January 2025