MenuRegistry is the audit-grade allergen registry for restaurant menus. We read your menu, check every dish against the 9 FDA major allergens, and produce a tamper-evident record you can defend.
MenuRegistry is a compliance platform for restaurant operators. The core product is an automated allergen audit: upload your menu in any format, and within 30 seconds you get a per-dish allergen matrix, risk flags for every item where disclosure is ambiguous or missing, and a tamper-evident PDF with a SHA-256 content hash and timestamp that you can use as a compliance record.
The longer-term goal is to be the single source of truth for every menu surface an operator manages — print menus, digital menus, POS systems, delivery platforms, and internal training materials. A restaurant's allergen data changes every time a recipe is updated, a supplier changes an ingredient, or a seasonal item is added. Most operators track this inconsistently across 4–10 separate systems. MenuRegistry is built to be the verified record that all of those surfaces draw from.
California's ADDE Act (SB 68) takes effect July 1, 2026. It requires chain restaurants — 20 or more locations under the same brand or parent company — to disclose all 9 FDA major allergens on every menu item. It is the first state statute to place the same affirmative disclosure obligation on restaurant menus that federal FALCPA places on packaged food manufacturers.
California will not be the last. New York and Illinois have legislation in committee modeled on the ADDE Act. The regulatory direction is consistent: allergen disclosure that has been standard on packaged food labels since 2004 is moving to restaurant menus, state by state.
Alongside the legislation, allergen mislabeling litigation has increased steadily. The FASTER Act's addition of sesame as the ninth major allergen in January 2023 created a new category of exposure for operators whose menus predated the change. Restaurants managing menus across multiple channels — print, digital, delivery, POS — face a specific operational challenge: keeping allergen disclosures accurate and consistent across all of them, simultaneously, every time the menu changes.
That problem is solvable. That is what MenuRegistry is for.
When the audit cannot determine allergen status with confidence, it says so. Every item comes back as HIGH, MEDIUM, or LOW confidence. We do not claim perfect accuracy. A LOW-confidence flag means you need to verify — not that the item is safe to leave as-is. We surface the uncertainty rather than hide it.
The people using this product are restaurant operators managing kitchens, staff, and compliance requirements simultaneously. We assume you are busy, smart, and not interested in jargon. The audit output is designed to be read in five minutes, handed to an attorney or compliance consultant, and acted on directly.
Every Pro audit ships with a SHA-256 content hash and ISO timestamp embedded in the PDF metadata. That means the document is tamper-evident: you can prove, cryptographically, what your menu disclosed and when. That paper trail exists specifically because it is the standard a regulator or plaintiff's attorney would look for.
MenuRegistry is built by an independent team. To get in touch with the founder directly, email hello@menuregistry.com.
No credit card. See your allergen gaps in under 30 seconds.