SAKU Food Labeling: How to create "made without" collections and add them to your menu

This article explains how to create a dedicated collection for each allergen, such as "Egg-free" or "Wheat-free". Products are sorted into them automatically whenever they are saved or updated.

In this article

• What to do before you create them
• How to create the collections
• How to add them to your menu
• How the collections work, and how to delete them

Note: the app's admin screens are in Japanese. Button and field names are shown in English, with the Japanese label in parentheses so you can find them.

Where to go: the "SAKU Food Labeling" app → "Made-without collections" (不使用コレクション)

What you need before you start

• The SAKU Food Labeling app is installed.
• Each product's allergens are entered, and its "Allergen check scope" (アレルゲンの確認範囲) is set and saved (see step 1).

Overview

1. In the app, set and save the "Allergen check scope" for each product.
2. In the app's "Made-without collections", create the "○○-free" collections you want.
3. In the Shopify admin under "Content" → "Menus", add the collections you created to your menu.

1️⃣ First, set the check scope for each product

A collection only includes products whose allergen use has been checked and that don't use that item. First enter each product's allergens, set the "Allergen check scope" (アレルゲンの確認範囲) and save. Products that haven't been checked aren't included. You can go there with "Check and edit each product" (商品ごとに確認・編集) on the page.

• Products where only the 9 specified ingredients were checked aren't added to collections for the 20 equivalent items.
• Collections for the 20 equivalent items only include products whose check scope is "all 29 items" (in a CSV, "29品目" in the "アレルゲン確認範囲" column).
• Products aren't added to the collection for an item that is written in their ingredients or advisory.

For how to set this up, see "How to set allergens".

2️⃣ Create the collections

Open the SAKU Food Labeling app → "Made-without collections". Under "Create "○○-free" collections (optional)" (「〇〇不使用」コレクションを作成（任意）), tick "○○-free" (〇〇不使用) for each item you want. You can also use "Select all collections not yet created" (未作成のコレクションをすべて選ぶ). Then click "Create selected collections (N)" (チェックしたコレクションを作成（N件）).

• Collections are created one at a time. If there are many, it can take about a minute, so keep the page open and wait.
• When it's done, "N collections were created." (N件のコレクションを作成しました。) appears, and a "Created" (作成済み) badge is added to those items. That means you're done.
• The collections are automatically published to the Online Store when created.

3️⃣ Add them to your menu

Creating the collections isn't enough for customers to find them easily. You need to add them to your store's menu or navigation.

1. Click "Edit menu (Content ⇒ Menus)" (メニューを編集（コンテンツ ⇒ メニュー）) at the bottom of the page. Or go to "Content" → "Menus" in the Shopify admin and open a menu such as your main menu.
2. Click "Add menu item" and choose the "○○-free" collection you created.
3. Click "Save". When the "○○-free" items appear in your menu, you're done.

4️⃣ How it works, and more settings

• These are automated collections (smart collections) whose conditions use each product's "not used" information. Titles look like "卵不使用" (Egg-free).
• For a collection you've created, "Edit in collection settings" (コレクションで詳細設定) opens Shopify's collection edit page.
• To delete a collection, delete it from the collection list in the Shopify admin.
• "Made without" is a classification based on the information your store has registered. It doesn't guarantee that there is no cross-contact during manufacturing.

How is this different from the "Find products made without allergens" (アレルゲン不使用で探す) block for collection pages? Made-without collections are a dedicated page for each item that you can point customers to from menus and so on. The block lets customers choose several allergens and find products in that collection that use none of them. For how to set up the block, see "How to set up and use "Find products made without allergens"".

Troubleshooting

• "Definitions need to be created first" (先に定義の作成が必要です) appears
  Save one product, or click "Run initial setup" (初期設定を実行) on the app's Home page.
• "Only some collections are checked because there are many collections" (コレクションが多いため一部のみ判定しています) appears
  Your store has more than 250 collections. The "Created" status may only be checked for some of them.
• Products don't appear in a collection
  Check the product's check scope and what is written in its ingredients and advisory. See also "What to check when labels don't appear or something doesn't work".
• Some collections couldn't be created
  "N were created, and M couldn't be created." (N件を作成し、M件は作成できませんでした。) appears with the reason. Please try again later.

Note: this app is a support tool for organizing, displaying and entering food label information. It does not guarantee or determine compliance with Japan's Food Labeling Act or other regulations. Please check the final content of your labels yourself.