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Automated HACCP compliance, Natasha's Law allergen menus, standardised food labelling, and waste reduction — without adding workload to already-stretched kitchen teams.
Who this is for
Food safety failures in schools carry greater consequences. Allergen incidents involving children can be life-threatening. EHO inspections of school kitchens are thorough, and documentation gaps have direct impact on Ofsted outcomes and parental trust.
Schools must provide allergen information before purchase. For students with severe allergies, this is not a formality — it is a safety requirement. Verbal communication under service pressure is not sufficient. Accessible written information must be available.
School kitchen teams are typically small and under time pressure. Manual compliance processes — temperature logs, allergen folders, handwritten labels — create real workload that is frequently cut corners when staff are under pressure. Automation removes the dependency on staff memory.
School and council catering teams operate under budget scrutiny. Investment in compliance technology must demonstrate measurable benefit — time saved, waste reduced, inspections passed. Kitchen OS provides data for each of these.
Food Safe System monitors serving counters, chill storage, and cooking equipment temperatures 24/7 with wireless sensors. No manual logging required. Staff are alerted instantly to any temperature excursion — critical when serving vulnerable young people.
Food Safe SystemAllerQ provides QR code allergen menus that students and parents can access from any device. Menus are updated instantly when ingredients change. Multi-language support covers international students. Full audit trail of menu views for due diligence documentation.
AllerQFood Label System ensures every batch-prepared item, packed lunch component, and serve-over item carries the correct use-by date, allergen information, and preparation details — regardless of which staff member printed the label.
Food Label SystemF*** Waste smart scales capture waste data automatically at each service point. Reduce overproduction, identify which dishes are consistently wasted, and generate the waste reduction and sustainability data your school, trust, or council needs.
F*** WasteSpecific processes Kitchen OS handles for school, academy, and institutional catering operations.
Daily temperature compliance without paperwork
Sensors in serving counters, blast chillers, and cold stores log temperatures automatically. Morning checks, service monitoring, and end-of-day records are all captured without staff needing to write anything down. Saves 20–30 minutes per day per kitchen.
Allergen menus accessible before purchase
UK allergen law requires allergen information to be available to students before they purchase food. AllerQ QR codes on menu boards, tray stations, or printed menus give instant access. This meets the legal requirement without relying on verbal communication from staff under service pressure.
Natasha's Law compliance for packed and pre-wrapped items
School kitchens that prepare and wrap food on the same premises — sandwich bars, breakfast clubs, packed lunch programmes — must comply with Natasha's Law. Food Label System prints PPDS-compliant labels with full ingredient lists and emphasised allergens in under 10 seconds per item.
Managing students with specific dietary requirements
AllerQ supports individual dietary requirement management. Parents and students can access full allergen and ingredient information online or via QR code, and kitchen staff can filter menus by allergen to identify safe options during service — reducing the risk of accidental allergen exposure.
Multi-site management across academy trusts
Multi-academy trusts and local authority catering services can manage compliance across all schools from one platform. Standards are set centrally; site-level compliance is visible to the catering manager or trust FM director without visiting each school.
Sustainability and food waste reporting
Many local authorities and academy trusts have sustainability commitments and food waste targets. F*** Waste provides the data to demonstrate progress — waste by category, by day, by term — for inclusion in school sustainability reports, Ofsted evidence, and council reporting.
Kitchen OS is used by schools, academy trusts, and institutional caterers across the UK — from individual primary schools to local authority catering services managing dozens of sites. The platform is fully cloud-based: sensors ship directly to each school kitchen, software is accessed online, and onboarding support is delivered remotely. Kitchen OS works in any location across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Want to speak with a school or academy trust in your region before committing? Book a demo call and we can discuss reference customers in your area.
Kitchen OS is a cloud-based platform used by schools, academy trusts, and institutional caterers across the UK — from individual primary schools to multi-academy trusts operating dozens of sites. Because the platform is fully remote, there is no geographic restriction: sensors ship directly to each kitchen and the dashboard is accessed online. School kitchens in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland use Kitchen OS. If you're looking for a HACCP logging app provider in your area, Kitchen OS can be deployed at your school within 1–2 weeks. Setup takes 1–2 hours per kitchen and is guided remotely — no on-site technical visit required.
Yes. Kitchen OS Food Safe System produces the continuous temperature records, corrective action logs, and compliance documentation that local authority EHOs and Ofsted inspectors expect. Records are stored in the cloud and can be accessed instantly during inspections — no binders, no paper searches. The system generates reports covering any date range per kitchen in under a minute. Allergen compliance records from AllerQ (menu audit trails, update history) and label compliance records from Food Label System are also stored and exportable. Because food safety requirements for schools are set nationally (Food Standards Agency, Ofsted framework), Kitchen OS records are accepted by local authorities and inspection bodies across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
For school kitchens, the most important capabilities are: automated temperature monitoring that does not depend on staff remembering to check equipment, allergen information accessible to students before purchase (a legal requirement), PPDS labelling compliance (Natasha's Law) for any food packed on site, and multi-site management for academy trusts or local authority catering teams. Kitchen OS Food Safe System automates temperature monitoring with IoT sensors — no manual logs. AllerQ provides student-accessible allergen menus via QR code. Food Label System handles PPDS labelling. All three work from one platform and start from £7.49/month per site.
Natasha's Law (Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019) applies to any food business that prepares, wraps, and sells food on the same premises — including school kitchens. If your school prepares and wraps sandwiches, snacks, or other food items that are then sold or provided from the same site (including via a packed lunch programme or breakfast club), the packaging must carry the food name, a full ingredients list, and all 14 major allergens emphasised in the ingredient list. Food Label System prints these PPDS-compliant labels in under 10 seconds. Loose food served directly to students (from a serving counter or tray line) is covered by general allergen information requirements — met by AllerQ's QR code menus.
Kitchen OS supports allergen management at two levels. AllerQ provides a QR code menu where students and parents can check allergen information for every dish before purchasing — available any time, on any device, in 30+ languages. For students with severe allergies who need specially prepared meals, the system provides kitchen staff with a complete allergen view of every menu item to prevent accidental inclusion. Temperature monitoring (Food Safe System) ensures kitchen equipment is within safe range, and Food Label System ensures every prepared item carries correct allergen information. For students with anaphylaxis risk, these controls form part of an Individual Healthcare Plan (IHP) and demonstrate the school's food safety due diligence.
Yes. Kitchen OS supports multi-site management at the academy trust or local authority catering level. Standards (label templates, allergen menu formats, temperature alert thresholds) are configured centrally. Site-level compliance data — temperature logs, alert history, corrective actions — is visible per school and in aggregate from one dashboard. This allows a catering manager or FM director to oversee compliance across all schools without visiting each site. Volume discounts apply for groups with 3+ sites.
Yes. Kitchen OS is used in university and college foodservice operations — typically for the same reasons as school kitchens: automated temperature compliance, allergen menu management for a diverse student population (including international students who benefit from AllerQ's 30+ language support), food labelling for grab-and-go and deli counter items, and food waste tracking. University catering operations often span multiple dining units — Kitchen OS supports multi-outlet management from one platform.
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