Hide Dishes That List an Allergen: How the Dish Filter Works

Hide dishes that list is a control in Mosey that removes any dish whose place has listed an allergen you chose, as Contains or May contain. A dish with no entry stays on screen, marked "Allergens not listed, ask the place". It filters dishes only, never places, and it never says a dish is fine to eat.

What does Hide dishes that list do?

You pick one or more allergens. Any dish whose place has listed one of them, either as Contains or as May contain, is hidden. Two kinds of dish stay visible. A dish the place has not filled in is never hidden, because silence is not information, and it carries the words "Allergens not listed, ask the place". A dish the place has filled in with nothing to list is shown too, and is not described as anything more than that.

Under the title the sheet says: "Based on what the place has listed. Always tell staff about your allergy." Read that second sentence as the real instruction. The filter shortens a long menu. It does not replace the question.

Where does the allergen filter on dishes appear?

On a place's menu in the app the filter works on your device and states how many dishes it hid, such as "1 dish hidden". It also works on the Dishes page, the Home dishes strip, a place's most liked dishes and dish search, where a compact line reads "Hiding dishes that list" followed by your choices, with a way to change them. On those screens the server does the filtering across many places, so no count is shown.

If every dish on a screen lists something you chose, you will see: "Every dish here lists something you chose to hide. Clear the choice to see them all." The Dishes page has its own empty state, "No dishes to show with your allergen filter on", with a Clear filter button.

What does the filter leave alone?

It leaves places alone. Mosey has no allergen control for place search, the map or the Find sheet, on purpose, because a place having some declared dishes says little about how it handles your allergy. It also leaves combos, the recommended dishes list and the single dish screen unfiltered; the dish screen shows the place's full statement instead. A dish added by a diner has no declaration at all, so it always reads as not listed. For what Contains, May contain and not listed mean, read what May contain means on a menu.

Why are gluten and wheat read together?

When you hide gluten, the filter also hides a dish that lists wheat, and the reverse. The entries themselves are never rewritten. The choice is deliberate and cautious, but it is not a claim that gluten and wheat are the same thing. Gluten comes from wheat, barley and rye, and wheat allergy and celiac disease are different conditions, as the page on wheat allergy vs celiac disease explains.

For a US place the sheet offers the nine major allergens first, and the note reads: "These are the nine major food allergens named in the United States. The place lists what is in each dish." Anything else sits under "Other allergens". On the Dishes page and in search, which cover many places at once, the first list follows where you are browsing, so in the US it is the same nine.

Does your choice stay on your phone?

Yes. A person's allergies are health information, so the choice is kept on the device only. It is sent as a single setting with each request, never stored on an account, never added to search history or analytics, and removed from logs. Signing out clears it. On the website the choice lives in the page's memory and a reload clears it. Because nothing is saved to an account, Mosey cannot know your allergies, and you set the filter again whenever you want it.

What should you ask when the filter is on?

The filter works from entries, and entries age. A place may change a recipe, a supplier or a sauce after it filled in a dish, so a dish that stayed on screen can still be the wrong one for you. Tell the server what you cannot eat, ask whether the dish is made as listed today, and ask about shared fryers, grills and cutting boards, which the filter cannot see. If the answer is not clear, order something else. A hidden dish is not a verdict on the place either: it only means the place listed an allergen you chose. The general questions are in our guide to eating out with food allergies in the US, and for a school-age child see kids with food allergies, from school to dinner.

How can you use it with ratings and lists?

Use the filter to shorten a menu, then rate what you ate. Rating a dish, not just a place, records which plate worked out for you and how the kitchen handled the request. Tags are other diners' notes, not filters you can rely on. A list of places where the staff listened keeps your shortlist in one spot, and you can share it with friends or family who eat the same way. The page on lists shows how sharing works.

A place can fill in its allergens in its dashboard. Mosey is free to list, with no hidden fees and tools that stay affordable, so supporting local means a neighborhood kitchen can share what is in its dishes and keep its margin. More allergy guides sit in the US food guides.

Once you have set the filter and eaten, rate the dish in the Mosey app and save the place on a list so the next allergy question takes seconds.