On your menu, every dish shows its calories, proteins, fats and carbs, sugars and salt, per serving, along with its vitamins and minerals. These values are estimated from your ingredients and public composition tables, then explained to guests in their language. Help with choosing, never medical advice.
On the dish sheet, guests see calories, proteins, carbs, fat and sugars per serving, the selected serving size and, in a collapsible section, vitamins and minerals.
The example below is a real dish from a client brasserie, as displayed on its dish sheet.
Estimated portion: ~380 g
Estimated amounts per serving.
Nutrition values are automatically estimated from the available ingredients. They are provided for guidance only.
iAlacarte reads the ingredients on your menu, matches them with public composition tables (ANSES-Ciqual, USDA FoodData Central, FAO/INFOODS), and calculates the dish value per serving. The serving is the one stated on the menu when available ("300 g", "6 oysters"); otherwise, a standard serving for that dish category is used and shown as an estimate.
An optional side is never added to the dish; a named side ("served with fries") has its own line. When a value is implausible or an ingredient is not recognised, it is not shown: no value is better than a made-up number.
Every dish has cues: not fried, low sugar, no added sugar, diabetic friendly, low sodium, low potassium, no processed meat, low histamine... They are determined by written rules, based on ingredients and, where available, the estimated value: a dish that is too salty loses the "Low sodium" cue, whatever the recipe says. When in doubt, the cue is not assigned.
They are not shown on the dish sheet: they are used when guests state their situation (“I’m diabetic”) — the assistant suggests dishes that have them and the menu highlights them. “Pregnancy safe” is a diet: the dish sheet displays it with its reason, including when it is removed (a raw egg preparation, processed meat or raw-milk cheese).
"I don't want to go over 1,500 calories, including a drink": meal combinations below the limit, with their total.
"Highest in protein", "under 400 calories": a list ranked by estimated value.
"I have diabetes", "I have high blood pressure", "I'm pregnant": dishes with the relevant cue, with an explanation.
A question about medication or a severe allergy receives a cautious answer: the guest is directed to their doctor or your team. iAlacarte never estimates medical risk.
iAlacarte is not a regulatory solution: it is voluntary, estimated information that you choose to offer. Where display is mandatory, compliance remains your responsibility under local regulations.
Request a demo: iAlacarte estimates the nutrition values and health cues for every dish on your menu, and explains them to your guests.