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Scan a label or record a reaction. All information remains stored on your device.
Daily summary
No entries recorded yet. Your timeline will begin with your first entry.
If you experience chest pain, difficulty breathing, throat tightness, or anaphylaxis, use your EpiPen and call 911 immediately. Record the reaction after you have received care.
Record an entry
Install this appAdd The Alpha-Gal Aisle to your home screen. The app opens in full-screen mode, with the scanner available on the home screen.
No prompt here? Use your browser menu → Add to Home screen.
How the label checker works
Alpha-gal is a sugar found in mammal meat and mammal-derived products. Alpha-gal syndrome is the condition that can develop after a tick bite. For people living with this condition, reviewing ingredient lists is a necessary part of every purchase. This app is designed to assist with that review.
Contains mammal ingredients — The checker identifies each mammal-derived ingredient it finds and states its source.
Check these closely — Ingredients whose source cannot be determined from the label, such as glycerin or natural flavors, require further verification.
No flags found — No ingredient in the text provided matches the Hidden Mammal List. If the checker does not recognize a word, it identifies that word and advises independent verification. A result that includes unrecognized words is not a confirmed pass.
The checker does not describe any product as “safe.” A label alone cannot support that conclusion. The complete list used by the checker is available under Tools → Hidden Mammal List.
Check a Label
Scan, paste, or type an ingredient list to receive a clear result on this device. No information is transmitted. The scanner is always free.
What the colors mean
Green = mammal free
Yellow = proceed with caution
Red = mammal (contains mammal ingredients)
Scan the label
For the most accurate result, fill the frame with the ingredient list, hold the label flat and facing the camera, and use bright, even lighting.
The camera converts the label to text. Please review the text carefully before running the check, as an omitted or misread word may affect the result.
Your photo is processed on this device and is not uploaded or shared.
Reading photo…
The photo could not be read clearly. Please try again: fill the frame with the ingredient list only, hold the label flat and facing the camera, and use good lighting.
To copy ingredients from a product page, press and hold the text on your phone to select and copy it, then paste it here.
My additional triggersAisle Plus
Select any additional ingredients you personally monitor, in addition to the standard list. If a label contains one of these ingredients, the result will include the notice “Also flags your list.” Your selections are saved on this device only.
No additional triggers selected. The checker is currently using the standard Hidden Mammal List only.
Need assistance with a label?Aisle Plus
Some labels cannot be resolved by an automated scan. Submit the label by email and you will receive a reviewed response, including an explanation of the findings.
This opens your email application, addressed to hello@thealpha-galaisle.com. Please attach a photo of the label before sending. No message is sent until you select Send in your email application.
Check a Medicine
Mammal-derived ingredients may also be present in medicines, including gelatin capsules, lactose filler, and stearates. Paste the inactive ingredients from the product label or information leaflet to check them here.
Scope and limitations of this checker
This tool identifies mammal-derived inactive ingredients using the same standard as the label checker. It does not describe any medicine as “safe.” Inactive ingredients vary by manufacturer and product version, and your pharmacist can verify the exact product you have.
On a pharmacy leaflet, this information is usually listed under “Inactive ingredients.” On a supplement container, check the “Other ingredients” line and confirm whether the capsule is made from gelatin.
Questions to ask your pharmacist
The following questions address the points that matter most. You may read them directly or select Copy to share them with your pharmacist.
- “Is this medicine in a gelatin capsule? If it is, is there a tablet or gelatin-free version of the same medicine?”
- “Are any of its inactive ingredients made from mammal sources — gelatin, lactose, magnesium stearate, stearic acid, or glycerin — and can you check with the manufacturer for this exact product?”
- “Can you note alpha-gal syndrome on my pharmacy record, and flag mammal-derived ingredients when my prescriptions are filled?”
Food + Reaction Log
Meals, reactions, personal care, showers, and medicines are recorded on a single timeline. Because alpha-gal syndrome reactions are often delayed, the timeline reviews the preceding 12 hours.
Free preview: The Food + Reaction Log is part of Aisle Plus ($14.99 per month or $42 per year at launch). Founding testers: Anyone who completes the pre-launch test and helps prepare the app for launch will receive the first year of Aisle Plus at no charge. The label checker will remain free.
Privacy — how your log is stored
Your entries are stored only on this device, in this browser. No information is transmitted, and no account is required. Clearing your browser data will delete the log, and entries do not transfer automatically to a new phone. Please use Back up my log below before changing devices.
Calculated on this device from your log entries only.
Select an entry type
Create a meal
Entries may be recorded after the meal. Select how long ago you ate, or enter the exact time below. Your timeline uses this time to calculate reaction delays.
Ingredients in this meal — build it item by item
Add every component of the meal, including cooking fats and oils. Scan each packaged item here, one at a time.
How to build a meal entry
Example: chicken fried in margarine should be recorded as two items — item 1, “Chicken” (typed, as it has no label), and item 2, the margarine (scanned, because cooking ingredients are part of the meal).
Each item is assigned its own time, initially set to the meal time. Adjust the time only if that item was consumed at a different time — for example, a drink consumed an hour later.
Please include every ingredient used in preparation — spices, oils, margarine, butter, sauces, and condiments. Add and scan each item separately. Ingredients used in preparation are frequently omitted from meal records, yet they may be relevant to a reaction.
No items added yet. Enter a fresh food or scan a packaged item below.
Scanning remains within this meal entry. Photograph the item’s ingredient list, review the text, name the item, and it will be added to the list above. Repeat for each additional item.
Fill the frame with the ingredient list, hold the label flat, and use bright lighting. Your photo is processed on this device.
Alternatively, you may use the full label checker. Your meal in progress will be saved as a draft, and the checked result can be attached to it.
Run the label checker first; its result can then be added here with one tap.
Your timeline
Meals recorded within the 12 hours before a reaction are grouped with that reaction to assist with pattern review.
How the timeline groups entries
Meals recorded 2–6 hours before a reaction are marked as within the usual window. Meals recorded 6–12 hours before are marked as within the extended window. Reactions typically occur 2–6 hours after eating, and occasionally as late as 10–12 hours, which is why the timeline reviews the preceding 12 hours.
Personal-care products also appear here, shown in green on the date they were started, so that any new product introduced in the days before a reaction can be identified.
This timeline is a tracking aid only. It is not medical advice, and it does not identify the cause of a reaction.
No entries have been recorded yet. Reactions often begin 2–6 hours after the relevant meal. Recording meals and reactions as they occur allows this timeline to present them in sequence.
Back up my log
Your log is stored only on this device. Please save the backup file in a secure location. This file is required to restore your log on a new phone.
Doctor-visit pack
Prepare a summary for a selected date range, including your timeline, symptom summary, blood-pressure readings, lab results, and questions, to print and provide to your doctor. Build the pack below, then use your browser's Print function; only the pack will print.
These questions will appear at the end of the pack and are saved on this device.
TrendsAisle Plus preview
A summary of your log, including reactions per week, recurring symptoms, typical delay, Cofactor Options, and frequently noted items. All figures are calculated on your device from your entries only.
A pattern is information to discuss with your doctor; it is not proof of a cause. This screen counts recurrences and timing only. It does not identify the cause of a reaction, and it does not predict future reactions.
Prepare for your appointment
Copy this summary to your notes, or open this screen during your appointment. Your full timeline is available in the doctor-visit pack on the Log screen.
Eating Out
Guidance to review before ordering, a card for restaurant staff — available in 11 languages — and tips submitted by others living with alpha-gal syndrome.
Quick answers — is it alpha-gal friendly?
Responses to the questions most commonly raised when dining out, provided clearly and with relevant cautions noted.
Is yucca okay?Yes — alpha-gal friendly
Yucca (yuca, cassava) is a root vegetable and is entirely plant-derived. The alpha-gal sugar is found only in mammal meat and mammal-derived products, so plain yucca contains none of it. Yuca fries, cassava flour, and tapioca are all derived from the same plant. It is a versatile staple: it can be fried in a similar manner to potato and produces a sturdy, mammal-free flour.
Two cautions apply. Yucca must be cooked. Raw cassava contains natural compounds that cooking removes, and the frozen yuca, chips, and flours sold in stores are prepared accordingly; it should not be consumed raw. Prepared products also require a label check: some yuca products are blended with cheese or butter, or fried in tallow. The plant itself is suitable; added ingredients may not be.
Please note: the spiky desert plant also called “yucca” is a different plant entirely and is not a food. The edible plant is cassava / yuca.
What about the fries?Ask first
A potato is a plant; however, restaurant fries are often cooked in beef tallow or in oil shared with breaded meats. Please ask which fryer oil is used and whether any mammal products are fried in it. If the oil is tallow, or if staff are unsure, a baked potato or steamed vegetables cooked in oil is the safer option.
What is the safest order in most restaurants?Recommended option
Grilled chicken, turkey, or fish, with vegetables cooked in oil, sauces served on the side, and no butter finish. Present your restaurant card (below) and ask the server to confirm with the kitchen. Broths, marinades, and house sauces are common sources of beef stock and butter.
Your restaurant card — in 11 languages
Present this card to your server or to the kitchen. Select the language the staff reads best, then select Show it big to display the card full-screen, or select Prepare this card to generate a wallet-size version, in the selected language, for printing from your browser.
Allergy card — complete, print, and carry
A personal card to present to a server. Enter a name — your own, or that of another person, such as your child or spouse — and edit the list of allergens: remove any that do not apply (dairy should appear on the card only if it applies to you), or add your own. Your entries are saved on this device, so the card can be reopened and reprinted at any time.
Separate words with commas. The card below updates as you type, and the preparation statement on the card uses this same list.
Allergy Card
Hello, my name is ___.
I have alpha-gal syndrome — an allergy to mammal.
Please do not serve me dairy, beef, or pork.
It is very important that my food is prepared separately, with clean pans and utensils that have not been cross-contaminated with dairy, beef, or pork.
Thank you.
Community restaurant tips
Places and orders reported as successful by people living with alpha-gal syndrome. Menus and preparation methods change; please treat each tip as a starting point, present your card, and confirm details with the restaurant.
No tips match your search. You are welcome to add the first tip for this search.
Add a tip — a place that accommodated your needs
Your tip is stored on this device only. To share it with the wider community, email it to us. No message is sent until you select Send in your email application.
Lab Tracking
Record lab results in one location, with each result displayed alongside previous results for the same test, beginning with alpha-gal IgE. Select a listed test, or add any other test as a custom entry.
Privacy — how your labs are stored
Your results are stored only on this device, in this browser. No information is transmitted, and no account is required. Clearing your browser data will delete your results, and they do not transfer automatically to a new phone.
Add a result
Your results
Results are shown with the most recent first. ▲ indicates a higher value than the previous result, ▼ a lower value, and • no change. These symbols indicate direction only; the significance of any change should be determined by your doctor. Select “Nutritional hint” on a test to review what it measures.
No lab results have been recorded yet. Add a result above, entering the value and date exactly as printed, and it will appear here, most recent first.
For information only; this is not medical advice. The ranges provided by your laboratory and the interpretation of your doctor are authoritative.
The Hidden Mammal List
This list contains every ingredient name monitored by the checker. It is the same list used to review products before they are listed in the store. From our guide, The Hidden Mammal List: Ingredients to Check on Every Label.
Contains mammal
Check these closely
What the colors mean
Green = mammal free
Yellow = proceed with caution
Red = mammal (contains mammal ingredients)
Select any ingredient to review its description and common sources, or use the search field above.
No item on the list matches your search. If you are uncertain about an ingredient, the manufacturer can confirm its source.
The following are intentionally excluded from this list: honey, beeswax, silk, and eggs. Insects and birds are not mammals; chicken, turkey, and fish are also not mammals.
Shop the Store
All 653 store products, with prices. Every product is ingredient-checked before listing. Select a product to open it in the store.
CandyGummies, sour candy, and sweets. Every label is checked for gelatin and bone-char sugar.
Holiday Gift GuideGift boxes for the newly diagnosed, baking staples, and stocking candy.
Alpha-Gal FriendlyThe reviewed catalog, free of mammal ingredients. The ingredient standard is published on every product page.
Free ShippingProducts eligible for complimentary shipping.
New This WeekThe most recent products to complete label review and be added to the store.
The Whole StoreVisit the store homepage at thealpha-galaisle.com.
All Products — A to Z
The complete store catalog. This listing reflects the live store as of November 2, 2026. If a price differs, the product page in the store is authoritative.
No products match that search. Try a shorter word, or clear the brand filter.
Checkout, payment, and shipping are completed on the store website. This app does not process orders.
Learn
Guides from The Alpha Gal Edit, written in clear language by Erica, who lives with alpha-gal syndrome.
The Alpha-Gal Survival GuideAll label-check guidance compiled in one resource.
New to Alpha-Gal? Start HereAn introduction to alpha-gal and alpha-gal syndrome, including the five points most important to understand first.
The Hidden Mammal ListThe background to the list used by this app, and the forms in which mammal-derived ingredients may appear.
The Holiday Meal PlannerThanksgiving and Christmas guidance without mammal ingredients, including recommended substitutions and the reasons for each.
The Other Aisle: Vitamins & SupplementsGelatin capsules, lanolin-derived vitamin D3, and other commonly overlooked fillers.
All Articles — The Alpha Gal EditEating out, breakfast options, holiday alternatives, pantry substitutions, and more.
Please note the distinction: alpha-gal is the sugar; alpha-gal syndrome is the condition. The guides use these terms consistently, because accurate terminology supports accurate shopping decisions.
Cards — prepare them in advance
Enter your details once; they are saved on this device only. Then select a card and print it; only the selected card will print.
Wallet Card
Name: —
I have alpha-gal syndrome — an allergy to the alpha-gal sugar in mammal meat and mammal-derived products, caused by a tick bite.
In an emergency: I carry an EpiPen. Please administer it and call 911 if I experience difficulty breathing, throat tightness, chest pain, or loss of consciousness.
Emergency contact: — · —
Restaurant Card — show your server
I have alpha-gal syndrome — a serious allergy to mammal.
Please do not serve beef, pork, lamb, or any mammal meat, and do not use butter, lard, beef stock, or gelatin.
Chicken, turkey, fish, and vegetables cooked in oil are generally the safest options for me. Please confirm with the kitchen. Thank you.
School Card — nurse & cafeteria
My child, —, has alpha-gal syndrome.
Alpha-gal syndrome is an allergy to the alpha-gal sugar in mammal meat and mammal-derived products. Reactions are often delayed 2–6 hours after eating, and sometimes longer; a food consumed at lunchtime may therefore cause a reaction in the afternoon.
- No beef, pork, lamb, or other mammal meat
- No gelatin snacks (gummies, marshmallow treats), butter, lard, or beef stock
- Chicken, turkey, fish, eggs, fruits, and vegetables are generally the safest options. When in doubt, please contact us first
- For difficulty breathing, throat tightness, chest pain, or fainting: administer the EpiPen and call 911
Reach us: — · —
Fridge Card — household guidelines
For: —
This household prepares alpha-gal friendly meals.
- No mammal meat — beef, pork, or lamb — and no butter, lard, beef stock, or gelatin in shared meals
- Wash pans, boards, and utensils after contact with mammal meat before preparing a checked meal
- Label checked foods with the name and date before storage
- One shelf is designated for checked foods. If an item is not labeled, please ask before eating it
- Keep EpiPens in a location known to all household members, and check the expiration date monthly
Emergency contact: — · —
Tools
All additional features are available here, in one location.
Your additional triggers are located in the Scanner. Open Scan, check a label, and refer to “My additional triggers” below the result.