How this site is made
A site about an allergy should say how it knows what it says. This page does that.
Who is behind it
Allergic to Coconut is run by one person, Isabel. I have a coconut allergy, and I started reading labels because nobody could tell me where the coconut was. My story is on the About page.
I am not a doctor. Nothing on this site is medical advice, and your allergist decides what you avoid.
How a product gets into the registry
- A person reads the label, pack in hand. No product is added from a brand’s description or from memory.
- The ingredient list is printed as it appears on the pack. If only part of it could be read, the page says the list is partial.
- Every product shows when it was read. Formulas change, and the same name can cover different recipes in different countries.
- Labels sent by readers are checked by a person before anything is published. Nothing a reader sends appears on the site automatically.
- Barcode lookups are a different thing. When you scan a barcode, the details come from open databases written by volunteers, and the page says so. Those are not products we have read.
What the three verdicts mean
- Contains coconut: at least one ingredient on the list is coconut by name.
- Unverifiable origin (coconut or palm): no coconut by name, but at least one ingredient can be made from coconut or from palm, and the label doesn’t say which.
- No coconut by name: none of the names we know appear on the list.
We never call a product safe. A verdict describes an ingredient list. It does not say that a product is suitable for you.
The names behind the verdicts are public: Coconut’s many names lists every one, and the label checker uses the same list.
Where the guides’ facts come from
- The guides are researched and drafted with the help of an AI assistant. That is how one person can cover this much ground.
- Every factual claim points to a source. Each guide ends with its sources, with links: published studies, regulators, pharmacopoeias and manufacturers’ own ingredient lists.
- Where we looked and found nothing, the guide says so. An unanswered question is not filled in with a guess.
- Label readings in the guides are dated. They come from the manufacturer’s own page or from an official label database, on the day they were read.
- The guides have not been reviewed by a doctor. They are written so that you and your allergist can check each claim against its source.
The ingredient pages
The pages that answer “is this ingredient made from coconut?” say how that ingredient is normally manufactured and list the registry products that contain it. They are short summaries and do not carry their own source lists. The guides they link to do.
What brands tell us
Many ingredients can come from coconut or palm, and the label doesn’t say which. So we write to the manufacturer and ask. The question and the reply are published word for word, with their dates. A reply that doesn’t answer the question is shown as exactly that.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, or a label has changed, tell us. We check it and correct the page.
Money
No ads, no affiliate links, no sponsored verdicts. A verdict is never for sale.
Privacy
No cookies, no analytics, no tracking. The label checker runs on your own device: your photo never leaves it.