Why AllergyCard

Better than a translation app

AllergyCard is a free food allergy card generator that creates bilingual restaurant cards in 14 languages — helping travelers with peanut, dairy, gluten, sesame, and other allergies explain dietary restrictions clearly when eating abroad.

  1. Allergens anyone can point at

    Each allergen is a picture and its name in the restaurant's language, so staff can check it against a dish.

  2. Chef-friendly wording

    Established allergen terms kitchen staff recognise, not a word-for-word machine translation.

  3. The cross-contact warning

    Clean utensils, separate fryer oil, check the sauces — the part a list of ingredients leaves out.

  4. Your language underneath

    Staff read their half first; yours sits below so you can check what the card says for you.

How it works

Create your card in 4 steps

Preview for free as you go. Pay once only when you want the PNG and PDF. No account required.

  1. Step 1 of the builder: the allergen grid

    Step 1

    What can't you eat?

    Tap from 30 allergens, or type one that isn't listed.

  2. Step 2 of the builder: destinations and languages

    Step 2

    Who will read it?

    Pick where you're going and the card switches to the restaurant's language.

  3. Step 3 of the builder: card formats

    Step 3

    How will you show it?

    Show it on your phone, print it for the kitchen, or carry a wallet-sized card.

  4. Step 4 of the builder: download and the card preview

    Step 4

    Get your card

    Preview free. Pay $8.99 once to download the PNG and PDF.

Simple Pricing

Free to create and preview, $8.99 to download

Create and preview your card for free. Printable PNG/PDF download is available after one-time $8.99 checkout.

Free creation

$0

Best for first-time visitors who want to build and preview a bilingual allergy card without creating an account.

  • Manual allergy card builder
  • 14 card languages
  • Template selection and live preview
  • No signup required
Create Card

One-time purchase

Printable delivery

$8.99

One-time purchase to unlock formal printable delivery — every language, every template, unlimited re-downloads.

  • Formal PDF download
  • Stronger print-friendly bilingual layout
  • Instant download after payment
  • Better handoff for travel, restaurants, and caregivers
  • Switch language or template and download again — no extra charge

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Building and previewing your card in any of the 14 languages is free, with no account. Downloading the print-ready PDF and phone-ready PNG costs $8.99 once and covers every language and template, with unlimited re-downloads. If you only need a plain-text card in English, the free printable allergy card costs nothing at all.

14: English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian and Greek. Every card shows your language next to the restaurant's, so you can check what it says.

Every line on the card comes from fixed phrases written for each allergen and instruction, so nothing is machine-translated on the fly. The Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) and Japanese wording has been checked by native speakers, and your own language is printed alongside so you can see what the card says. Allergens you add yourself are translated by AI, so it's worth asking staff to confirm those.

It names each allergen in the local language, with an icon, and says whether trace amounts are acceptable. It also asks the kitchen to avoid cross-contact: clean utensils and pans, no shared fryer oil, and checking sauces and stocks. The chef card puts these as numbered steps for the cook.

There are 30+ built-in allergens, including peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, shellfish, gluten, dairy, egg, soy, alpha-gal and onion and garlic. You can also add your own, and it is translated into the card's language.

Both. The PDF prints at home, and the wallet-size template gives you a card that still works when your phone dies; the PNG goes in your phone's photos and works offline. The iOS app can also show the card full-screen offline and read it aloud.

Yes. Select every allergen your child has and make a card a parent, teacher or carer can show on the child's behalf.

Yes. Come back any time to change the allergens, language or template and download it again, at no extra cost.

Email us and we will fix your card or refund it.

Yes. The AllergyCard app for iPhone and iPad is free to download. It shows your card offline, reads it aloud in the local language, scans barcodes and ingredient labels, and has an emergency screen.

No. The card helps staff understand what you cannot eat; it is not medical advice and cannot guarantee a dish is free of allergens. For severe allergies, carry your prescribed medication and follow your doctor's emergency plan.