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Overview

Cottage-food rules usually require an ingredient list and allergen statement on what you sell. Knead builds both straight from your recipe — ingredients sorted heaviest first, allergens detected automatically — and sends them to your label printer. No retyping, no separate spreadsheet.

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Printing a label

  1. Open the recipe on /pantry/recipes/[id].
  2. In the top action row, click the Label button (the tag icon).
  3. The Ingredient Label modal opens with a live preview (“Preview your ingredient label. Click Print to send to your label printer.”).
  4. Click Print Label to trigger your browser’s print dialog, then send it to your label printer. Or click Close to back out.
The Ingredient Label preview with the Print Label button

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What’s on the label

  • Recipe name and your business name
  • A divider
  • An “INGREDIENTS:” list, auto-sorted heaviest first by gram weight
  • An allergen line (only if allergens are detected)
  • A footer with “Yields ” and the italic line “Made in a home kitchen”

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How allergens are detected

The allergen line is bold and reads CONTAINS: <ALLERGENS> in uppercase. It only appears when an allergen is detected. There is no manual checkbox — detection is automatic, based on your ingredient categories and ingredient names. Detectable allergens:
  • Eggs
  • Dairy
  • Wheat
  • Tree Nuts
  • Peanuts
  • Soy
  • Shellfish
  • Sesame
Good to know: Because detection reads your ingredient names and categories, keeping ingredient names accurate is what keeps your allergen line correct. An ingredient called “mix” won’t trigger anything; “almond flour” will flag Tree Nuts.
Pro tip: Costing your recipe by gram weight in The Pantry pays off twice — it also drives the heaviest-first ingredient ordering on your printed label.
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