Erudus Extended Food Allergy Icon Font - ReadMe & Usage

Dave Liske, Luna Pier, Michigan. February 2021.
www.cuisinology.com

The Erudus Extended Food Allergy Icon Font and its included CSS, implemented without any further dependencies, allows for the selection of either a 32px, a (recommended) 50px, or a 145px font size for an extended set of the Erudus Food Allergy Icon Font for diet types and allergens, from Erudus: The Food Industry’s Collaborative Solution to Sharing Product Data, West Yorkshire, UK.

Documentation Sections

• The License
• The Extensions
• Icon Definitions
• Basic HTML & CSS Configurations
• Using The Erudus Extended Allergy Icon Font
• Using The Font With PHP
  Note: The above page must be run from a PHP server to be visible.
• Emulating Erudus' In-App Icon Usage With PHP
  Note: The above page must be run from a PHP server to be visible.
• The Complete Extended Erudus Allergy Font

Description

Erudus Ltd's original design notes are as follows:

The Erudus Food Allergy Icon Font is designed to help designers and developers provide a pixel perfect solution, aiding users to quickly and easily identify in a graphical format whether a food product contains or may contain any of the EU’s 14 Major Food Allergens. (as outlined in the EU Food Information for Consumers Regulation No. 1169/2011 and EU Food Information Regulation 1169/2001).

At the time of publication, no standardised approach to the graphic representation of the presence of allergen ingredients in food products has been agreed. Various icons and visual representations are being used across the food industry.

In the US the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the presentation of information regarding eight of the same allergens, referred to colloquially as the "Big Eight", in the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004

I have extended the Erudus Food Allergy Icon Font to include other known allergies, diet and cuisine types, and popular icons for menu item spiciness designations.

Disclaimers

1. Certification is required to claim an item fulfills the requirements of some of the included cuisines, that the kitchen follows the requirements for those cuisines, and for the specific usage of some of the Cuisine icons.
2. Caution must be exercised when dealing with allergen information, so it is important to take great care in using these icons.
3. The author is not responsible for any usage claims and/or the certification required for the use of these icons by any entity or establishment.

Documentation Tools

• Page Layout: Skeleton Responsive CSS Boilerplate - 'Code' portion has been commented-out.
• Code Layout: Prism Syntax Highlighter

Release History

• Feb. 23, 2021: ver. 1.8;
  • Added Coeliac character.
  • Added documentation for using the Coeliac characters.
• Apr. 29, 2020: ver. 1.7;
  • Added Yeast characters.
  • Added documentation for using the Yeast characters.
• Apr. 7, 2020: ver. 1.6;
  • Added Kiwi characters.
  • Added documentation for using the Kiwi characters.
• Jan. 3, 2020: ver. 1.5;
  • Added six HACCP characters, to be displayed in their associated colors.
  • Added documentation for using the six HACCP characters in their associated colors.
• Oct 28, 2019: ver. 1.4.3;
  • Added an Allergen Log for use with patron requests in both MS Excel (XLS 97-2003) and PDF formats.
• Oct 27, 2019: ver. 1.4.2;
  • Added planning and presentation Dish Safety & Allergen Content Charts in both MS Excel (XLS 97-2003) and PDF formats, including documentation for use.
• Oct 25, 2019: ver. 1.4.1;
  • Added documentation for using the fonts in MS Word for print menus, with both DOC and PDF file samples.
  • Updated documentation formatting and presentation using Skeleton and Prism.
• Oct 23, 2019: ver. 1.4;
  • Added "Hot Plate" and "Pin Bones" warning and caution icons, with associated heading code and documentation.
• May 29, 2019: ver. 1.3.1;
  • Modified the mapping of the spiciness characters in the CSS to use simple numerical values.
  • Added examples for both versions of the spiciness characters to the PHP Usage page.
  • Corrected other minor issues in the documentation.
• Apr. 16, 2019: ver. 1.3;
  • Added 25%, 50%, and 75% pepper characters.
  • Split extension characters from originals into new font files.
  • Restored original Erudus font files in distributed font folder for use.
  • Modified CSS to included both original Erudus and extended font families.
• Jan. 26, 2019: ver. 1.2;
  • Added Coconut icons and definition.
• Jan. 19, 2019: ver. 1.1;
  • Added Mold icons and definition.
• Dec. 19, 2018: ver. 1.0.2;
  • Changed all "Cereals Containing Gluten" captions to "Cereal" to align with Erudus' usage.
  • Modified language regarding fifteenth icon, "Gluten", using notes provided by Erudus.
  • Reorganized docs for individual pages.
  • Developed working PHP example page.
  • Developed working PHP example page for simulating icon display in Erudus' apps.
  • Attributed to cuisinology.com (research project) instead of micuisine.com (blog).
• Dec. 14, 2018: ver. 1.0.1; Added instructions for using the icons with Wordpress.
• Dec. 12, 2018: ver. 1.0.0; Initial release