Menu item tags add short labels such as Vegan, Gluten-Free, or Spicy to a dish. Manual menus provide six one-click presets and accept custom labels; Steuard also remembers previously used tag names so they can be reused consistently. Any tag can also carry a small icon — see Adding Icons to Menu Tags.
Tags are informational display labels. They do not verify ingredients, prevent cross-contact, or replace the restaurant's allergen procedures. Confirm dietary claims with the kitchen before publishing them.
Add tags to a manual menu #
Go to Steuard → Menus, edit a menu, and expand an item's Details.
Use either method:
- Click Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, or Spicy to add a preset.
- Start typing in Tags and choose a previously used tag from the suggestions, or finish typing a new label.
Separate multiple tags with commas. Steuard ignores duplicate tags on the same item regardless of capitalization. Use one spelling consistently—for example, prefer either “Gluten-Free” or “Gluten Free” across the site—so diners see a coherent vocabulary.
To remove a tag, delete it from the Tags field and update the menu. Tags on Toast menus come from the POS data and should be changed at the source.
Show tags on a page #
Saving tags does not automatically make them visible. Open the Menu post under Steuard → Menus, select its Display tab, and enable Show tags. Tag style chooses pills, plain text, icon only, or icon-only pills. The choice is saved on the Menu post, so every block, shortcode, and classic placement of that menu shows tags the same way.
Choose tag colors #
Go to Steuard → Menu Options → Display → Appearance to set the site-wide tag background and text colors.
Steuard warns when the selected pair is below a 4.5:1 contrast ratio, but the final theme can still affect the result. Save the colors, then inspect the published menu at desktop and narrow widths. See Customizing Menu and Review Appearance for the complete appearance guide.
Keep labels useful #
- Prefer short, recognizable labels that fit comfortably beside an item.
- Avoid using a tag as the only place where critical allergen information appears.
- Review POS-provided and hand-entered labels together so they use the same terms.
- Test with Show images, prices, and long item names enabled; too many tags can make a compact menu difficult to scan.
For sections, items, images, calories, and previewing, return to Creating a Menu.
