Health and Safety Warnings
Recipe Box can surface a few health and safety cues directly in the recipe view: safe meat cooking temperatures, allergen warnings, and high glycemic-index ingredient flags. None of this is medical advice - it's meant as a helpful nudge, and you should always use your own judgment (and a food thermometer).
Meat Temperature Warnings
When Show meat temperature warnings is enabled, Recipe Box recognizes meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish ingredients by name and shows the USDA-recommended safe minimum internal temperature next to them in the recipe view:
| Category | Safe minimum internal temperature |
|---|---|
| Poultry (chicken, turkey, duck) | 165°F / 74°C |
| Ground meat (ground beef, ground turkey, etc.) | 160°F / 71°C |
| Pork | 145°F / 63°C |
| Beef, lamb, veal | 145°F / 63°C |
| Fish | 145°F / 63°C |
| Shellfish | 145°F / 63°C |
Detection is keyword-based and excludes non-meat preparations like broths, sauces, and stocks that happen to mention a meat name.
Allergen Warnings
Set My allergens to a list of allergens you want to be warned about (e.g. dairy, tree nuts, shellfish). Recipe Box reads each recipe's allergen list from the frontmatter property named by Allergens property (default allergens, accepts CSV text or a YAML list) and shows a warning banner in the recipe view if any of the recipe's allergens match yours.
This same matching is used by Meal Suggestions to optionally hide recipes containing your allergens from suggestions.
High Glycemic-index (GI) Warnings
When High glycemic index warnings is enabled, ingredients matching your GI dictionary get a "high GI" badge in the recipe view (GI ≥ 70).
The default dictionary covers:
- Refined grains (white bread, white rice, etc.)
- Starchy preparations (mashed potatoes, etc.)
- Sugars and syrups
- Sugary foods and drinks
- High-GI fruits (watermelon, very ripe banana, etc.)
You can edit the dictionary under Settings → Recipe Box → Health & safety - it's a plain-text box, one regex pattern per line, with # for comments. Recipe Box validates the dictionary and lets you reset it back to the default if you make a mistake.
This feature is informational only and is not a substitute for medical or dietary advice from a qualified professional.
Related Settings
Settings → Recipe Box → Health & safety: Show meat temperature warnings, Allergens property, My allergens, Diabetic mode, GI dictionary. See Settings Reference.