How We Check
Every menu item answers three questions, kept apart: what the ingredients say, whether the kitchen was checked, and where the information comes from. None of the answers means “safe”.
What each status means
A · Ingredient status
- · Contains
- · May contain
- · Not confirmed
- · Not covered by the source
- · Not listed
B · Kitchen status
- Kitchen checkedThis branch confirmed its shared oil, grills and tools within 180 days.
- Shared equipment reportedThe source says it is made with shared equipment or in the same facility. Traces are possible.
- Kitchen not checkedNobody has checked this branch's shared oil, grills or tools. A brand table does not check kitchens.
C · Information source
- Usual recipe
- Official allergen table
- Restaurant information
- Community report
A source tells you who said it, not whether a dish is safe.
Who checked it: the stamps
- Restaurant confirmed
The restaurant gave us the ingredients for this menu item, with a date.
- Official allergen table
Taken from an allergen table the brand publishes, with the source and the date we checked it. The table lists ingredients only; it does not confirm shared oil, grills, tools or cooking space.
- Community report
A diner told us. Useful, but never enough to call a dish a match.
- Not verified
No one has checked it. We show the usual recipe only.
- Needs recheck (180+ days)
Checked more than 180 days ago. Treated as not confirmed until checked again.
Our rules
- A menu item is a match only when the restaurant confirms, within 180 days, that every item you avoid is absent, kitchen included. An official allergen table alone never makes a match: when it lists none of yours, we show “None of yours listed” and ask you to tell staff.
- Missing information is unknown, and unknown is never shown as safe.
- Shared oil, grills and tools are listed separately as shared kitchen.
- We say “no pork & no alcohol”. We never say “halal” unless a certifier does.
- Your allergy and diet choices stay in this browser. We never send them to our servers, also not when you sign in.
- 180 days is when we re-check data. It is not a safety guarantee.
Right now every restaurant menu on BapCheck comes from a brand's official allergen table, and no restaurant has confirmed its kitchen with us yet. So the best result you will see today is “None of yours listed”, not “Match”. That is on purpose: a table does not check shared oil, grills or tools.
Korea's allergen labelling list
Packaged food and official brand tables in Korea list these items (식품등의 표시기준). Our allergy list is wider, for visitors. It is not the legal list. Where a BapCheck group is wider than the law, only the listed part is covered by an official table; the rest stays “Not confirmed”.
| Korean legal item | BapCheck group |
|---|---|
| 알류(가금류) | Egg |
| 우유 | Milk / Dairy |
| 메밀 | Buckwheat |
| 땅콩 | Peanuts |
| 대두 | Soy |
| 밀 | Wheat |
| 고등어 | Fish · only part of this group |
| 게 | Shrimp & crab |
| 새우 | Shrimp & crab |
| 돼지고기 | Pork |
| 복숭아 | Peach |
| 토마토 | Tomato |
| 아황산류 | Sulphites |
| 호두 | Tree nuts · only part of this group |
| 잣 | Tree nuts · only part of this group |
| 닭고기 | Chicken |
| 쇠고기 | Beef |
| 오징어 | Squid, octopus & clams · only part of this group |
| 조개류(굴·전복·홍합 포함) | Squid, octopus & clams · only part of this group |
Not on the Korean list, so an official table never confirms them: Sesame, Perilla (들깨), Mustard, Celery, Lupin, Alcohol, Garlic, onion, scallion & chives, Gluten (wheat, barley, rye), Honey.
Before you rely on BapCheck
- Restaurant data currently covers selected chain stores in Myeongdong, Itaewon, Hongdae and Gangnam only.
- General recipe information is a guide, not confirmation of a restaurant's actual ingredients.
- Always confirm ingredients and kitchen preparation with restaurant staff.
- BapCheck cannot guarantee that a food is safe for a specific person.
- If ingredients or cross-contact cannot be confirmed, do not assume the food is safe.
BapCheck is a guide, not a guarantee. Always confirm with staff. In an emergency in Korea, call 119.