Automated allergen and nutrition information updates

Purpose

1. Automate allergen and nutrition data collection, management, and publishing for Irish restaurant menus.

2. Automate monitoring ingredient changes, sourcing updated allergen sheets, and refreshing customer-facing menu info.

3. Automate compliance with Irish/EU food safety regulations for allergen/nutrition communication.

4. Automatedly deliver real-time dietary info to staff, online ordering systems, and digital signage.

5. Automate update logs for traceability, reporting, and audit purposes.

6. Automate integration of new supplier data and synchronize with in-house inventory for instant visibility.

Trigger Conditions

1. Ingredient receipt/stock update logged in POS or inventory software.

2. Supplier sends revised allergen/nutritional PDF, CSV, API payload, or email.

3. Scheduled recurring allergen compliance audit period reached.

4. Menu item created/edited in CMS or digital menu platform.

5. User-initiated manual update or review trigger in back office.

Platform Variants

1. Square Restaurant POS

• API: Webhook for inventory/ingredient updates, automates nutrition flag sync.
  

2. Oracle MICROS Simphony

• Feature: Inventory Management API, automates allergen tags and menu sync.
  

3. Upserve POS

• Setting: Ingredients API, configures automated ingredient-to-allergen mapping.
  

4. TouchBistro

• API: “Menu Items” Webhook, automates menu nutrition data refreshing.
  

5. Lightspeed Restaurant

• API: Product API, automates allergen label sync with menu edits.
  

6. FreshBooks

• API: Automated document upload and parsing for PDF or CSV allergen sheets.
  

7. Dropbox

• Feature: Request folder for supplier uploads, automates file watcher for new allergen docs.
  

8. Google Drive

• Feature: File upload trigger, automates document parsing with connected script.
  

9. Microsoft Power Automate

• Connector: Automated email parsing from supplier; workflow to update allergen DB.
  

10. FoodNotify

• API: Supplier integration and nutrition database to automate ingredient mapping.
  

11. MenuCal (FSAI)

• Setting: Automated data sync to MenuCal compliance reports.
  

12. Zapier

• App: Automated bridge for allergen data between supplier email and CMS.
  

13. Airtable

• API: Automated update of ingredient/allergen airtable fields.
  

14. Trello

• Power-Up: Automate task card creation for manual verification on flagged changes.
  

15. Google Sheets

• Script: Automatedly parse and append allergen data from integrated email/CSV/API.
  

16. Quickbooks

• API: Automated sync for supplier invoice data to flag ingredient changes.
  

17. Slack

• Workflow: Post automated alert to staff channel on critical allergen update.
  

18. SendGrid

• API: Automatically email nutrition/allergen updates to staff or customers.
  

19. Power BI

• Dataflow: Automate visualization of allergen/nutrition change logs for compliance.
  

20. Twilio SMS

• API: Automate real-time SMS alerts to managers on severe allergen risk item updates.
  

21. Salesforce

• Integration: Automates CRM fields for customer dietary preferences, sync with allergen updates.
  

22. NetSuite

• Connector: Automatedly synchronize ingredient changes to finance/purchasing workflows.
  

23. HubSpot

• Workflow: Automates follow-up with customers based on allergy notifications.
  

Benefits

1. Automates allergen and nutrition accuracy, reducing manual errors.

2. Automating data flows ensures quicker compliance and regulatory audit readiness.

3. Automated notifications reduce staff oversight risk.

4. Enables automated end-to-end visibility for customers with allergies.

5. Automatedly increases restaurant credibility and trust via reliable, updated info.

6. Automates staff workflow for menu and ingredient change management.

7. Allows scalable automation for multi-location Irish cuisine chains.

8. Automated audit trails simplify reporting and dispute resolution.