Spokin is an app that helps people with allergies in Chicago. The app can tell people what’s in their food so they know exactly what to avoid.
Chicagoan Helps Others With Allergies by Creating a Food Allergy App
The free app helps people with food allergies find allergy-safe products and places. It is available on iOS and Android, and it has a database of over 2,000 restaurants across the country.
Spokin’s founder was inspired to create the company after her own experience with food allergies left her feeling frustrated by a lack of access to information about where she could eat safely.
Creator of the Spokin Food Allergy App
Susie Hultquist is a Chicagoan who was inspired to create Spokin, the allergy app that tracks 78 different allergens in food.
She had been struggling with finding safe food for her oldest daughter who suffers from life-threatening nut allergies. While she was searching for safe options at restaurants, she realized there were no apps or websites that could help her find out if there were nuts in the menu items or not. So she decided to create one herself.
Track Food Allergies and Leave Reviews
The app tracks different allergens in food, including nuts, dairy products, and seafood. Users can add their own reviews of restaurants or grocery stores based on what they’ve seen other users say about them.
Safe Menus
The app also helps people find places in their area with safe menus. Individuals can search by location and category, or the name of a restaurant. If people know what they want to eat, for instance, “gluten-free pizza,” Spokin will bring up all of the restaurants in Chicago that serve gluten-free pizza.
There are two ways to search:
- By location and category.
- By any food item.
This will help people that don’t know where they can eat. People with allergies can dine out with a set-out plan with the Spokin app.
Useful Anywhere
Spokin is available on the App Store and Google Play. People can also download the app for Windows 10, Amazon Fire devices, Android phones, IOS, and tablets, or any other device that supports the Android operating system.
It has no ads or in-app purchases, so people can use it without worrying about being bombarded with advertisements or spending money on something they don’t need.
This app is easy to use. Simply open the app, and take a picture of the food. Next, enter any allergies that might apply to whoever will be eating the food. Then when someone else tries using this information at home — and they can also add new foods — they’ll see what needs to be avoided before cooking something up!
Safe to Eat Out Wherever You Go
If you’re like me, you have allergies. Maybe it’s peanuts or shellfish or some other common food allergy that makes eating out a pain in the butt. But Spokin can help! The Spokin Food Allergy App is an amazing tool that can help you find safe food when you’re traveling or out at restaurants.
Written by Agustin Perez
Sources
ABC 7 Chicago: Spokin app helps people find food allergy and celiac-safe products, restaurants, places
Enjoy Life Foods: MEET SPOKIN – YOUR NEW FAVORITE FOOD ALLERGY APP!
Food and Nutrition: Spokin
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