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How dietary auto-tagging works

When you create or import a recipe, dough analyzes the ingredient list and suggests dietary tags automatically. This saves you from manually classifying every recipe, especially if you have a large library.

Supported tags

dough supports these dietary tags:

  • Gluten-Free — no wheat, barley, rye, malt, triticale, or gluten-containing ingredients. Oats are flagged as ambiguous.
  • Dairy-Free — no milk, cream, butter, cheese, yogurt, whey, casein, lactose, or ghee.
  • Vegan — no meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, eggs, or honey.
  • Vegetarian — no meat, poultry, or seafood. Dairy and eggs are permitted.
  • Keto — total carbs per serving 10g or less, and total fat exceeds total protein.
  • Paleo — no grains, legumes, dairy, refined sugar, or processed oils. Confidence is capped at 70% because paleo classification is inherently subjective.
  • Nut-Free — no almonds, cashews, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, hazelnuts, macadamia, brazil nuts, peanuts, or tree nut derivatives.
  • Egg-Free — no eggs or egg derivatives.
  • Soy-Free — no soy or soy derivatives.

Confirmed vs. unconfirmed tags

Auto-suggested tags start as unconfirmed. This is a safety mechanism.

  • Unconfirmed tags are visible to you in the recipe editor. They are suggestions that you should review.
  • Confirmed tags are tags you have reviewed and approved. Only confirmed tags are synced to Kit subscribers and used for audience segmentation.

When you update a recipe’s ingredients, dough re-runs auto-tagging and resets any previously confirmed tags to unconfirmed. This ensures tags stay accurate as recipes change.

How to confirm tags

  1. Open a recipe in your library.
  2. Scroll to the Dietary Tags section.
  3. Review the suggested tags. Remove any that are incorrect and add any that are missing.
  4. Click Confirm Tags.

Once confirmed, these tags become active and will be applied to subscribers who save this recipe.