# Kafoodle vs Paddl Canonical: https://paddl-ai.co/compare/kafoodle Last reviewed: 2026-11-07 by the Paddl team Kafoodle is UK menu management software: recipes, allergens, nutrition and costing in one kitchen system, so a change to an ingredient updates the linked recipes, labels and menus. It also does stock and ordering, Natasha's Law labels and QR code digital menus, and pulls product data from Erudus and the big wholesalers. It sells to restaurants, contract caterers, schools, hospitals and care homes. ## In one sentence Paddl is food safety, compliance and operations software for UK hospitality: digital SFBB, HACCP plans, allergens ready for Natasha's Law, temperature, cleaning and training records, and an EHO-ready audit pack. £69 per location per month with every feature included, a 30-day free trial and no contract. Kafoodle: Not published; free trial, then quote. ## Kafoodle pricing Kafoodle: Not published; free trial with no card. No pricing page on kafoodle.com (checked November 2026). Third-party listings quote per-feature monthly prices; ask Kafoodle for a quote. Not published by the vendor. Checked 2026-11-07 against https://www.kafoodle.com/. Paddl: £69 per location per month, every feature included, 30-day free trial. No tiers and no volume discount. 5 users per location included, £2.99 a month for each extra user. ## Where Kafoodle and Paddl differ 46 features compared; 37 are in Paddl and not in Kafoodle, checked against Kafoodle's published feature list on 2026-11-07. **Food Safety & Compliance** Paddl has, Kafoodle does not: Digital SFBB Packs, AI HACCP Generation, Risk Assessments, EHO Report Generation, One-Click Audit Packs, Fire Safety - Drills, Certificates & Expiry Alerts, COSHH Management. Kafoodle covers in part: HACCP Plans. **Operations & Equipment** Paddl has, Kafoodle does not: Equipment Tracking, AI Equipment Anomaly Detection, Temperature Monitoring, Maintenance Swimlanes. Kafoodle covers in part: Delivery Checks. **Team & Training** Paddl has, Kafoodle does not: Team Management, Rota Building & Publishing, Shift Swaps & Open Shifts, Holiday & Leave, Timesheets & Payroll Export, Training Tracking, Staff Inductions, GPS Check-in, Shift Handovers / EOD Reports, Staff Notifications, Team Chat & Direct Messages. **Documents & Knowledge** Paddl has, Kafoodle does not: Knowledge Hub, Digital Signatures, Licence Management, Insurance Gap Detection, Lease & Property Management. Kafoodle covers in part: Document Management. **Reporting & Incidents** Paddl has, Kafoodle does not: Complaint Monitoring, Incident & Accident Reporting, EHO Visit Dashboard, AI Legal Guidance & Evidence Packs. **Platform & AI** Paddl has, Kafoodle does not: Mobile Manager View, Offline Mode, AI Assistant, AI Agent That Carries Out Tasks Once You Confirm, AI Document Extraction, Compliance Dashboard. Kafoodle covers in part: Mobile App. **Groups & Head Office** Kafoodle covers in part: Group Allergen Changes Reach Every Venue, Removals Confirmed per Venue. Not stated on Kafoodle's site: Multi-Location, Head Office Library Sent to Separate Businesses as Versioned Updates. Where Kafoodle is stronger: Supplier product data from Erudus, Bidfood, Brakes, Sysco and others flows in; Paddl connects to Erudus only; Nutrition, calorie and carbon labels alongside allergens; Stock valuation and ordering from all suppliers in one place; Recipe costing; SATO label printer integration; QR code digital menus filtered by allergen. ## Choose Kafoodle if - You want wholesaler data feeds beyond Erudus, or supplier specs applied to recipes without a review step - You need nutrition, calorie or carbon labelling - Stock and ordering belong in the same tool as recipes ## Choose Paddl if - The allergen matrix should sit with the HACCP plan, daily checks, training records and audit pack, not in a separate kitchen system - Your venues are separate businesses and a head office allergen change must reach each one, with removals confirmed per venue - You want a published price (£69 per location) and every feature on it - You want an AI agent that does the setup and imports, each change confirmed by you ## What matters most **What you are actually choosing between** Kafoodle is a kitchen data system: recipes, allergens, nutrition, cost, stock and ordering. Paddl is the compliance system: the HACCP plan, SFBB, checks, training, COSHH and the EHO audit pack, with allergens inside it. They overlap on allergens and labels; elsewhere they do different jobs. **Supplier data** Kafoodle pulls product, allergen and nutrition data from Erudus and the large wholesalers. Paddl connects to Erudus: it syncs daily, matches products by GTIN or supplier code with a person confirming each match, and turns each spec change into a review card a person approves before it reaches any dish or venue. For other suppliers you upload the spec sheet and Paddl reads the allergens it declares, with the same review. **Allergen changes across a group** In an organisation, head office keeps master dishes, prep items, the products in them and menus, and each business holds a linked copy. An allergen head office adds shows at every linked venue at once, on the allergen chart, menus, public allergen page, QR codes and website embed. An allergen it removes keeps showing at each venue until an owner or whole-business manager there confirms it, each business acknowledges the update, and head office sees in the master's history who has applied it, and can export the group allergen procedure for a Primary Authority or EHO. **What Paddl does not do** Paddl does not do nutrition analysis, recipe costing, stock counts or purchasing, and it does not sell label printers. ## Switching from Kafoodle to Paddl - Allergens in the same system as the HACCP plan, checks, training and audit pack - Head office changes reach every venue, removals confirmed at each one - Public allergen page, QR codes and website embed that update live - £69 per location with every feature, published Export recipes and the allergen matrix, upload them to Paddl, review what it reads, then switch the QR codes over site by site. ### How the switch works 1. Export recipes and allergens from Kafoodle 2. Upload them to Paddl and review the allergens it reads 3. Upload current supplier spec sheets 4. Publish each site's allergen page and print the new QR codes 5. Keep Kafoodle for stock, costing or nutrition if you use them What you keep: Recipe-level allergens; Natasha's Law labels; QR code allergen menus What you give up: Wholesaler data feeds other than Erudus; Nutrition and carbon labels; Stock, ordering and costing ## Alternatives to Kafoodle for UK hospitality | Product | Category | Pricing | | --- | --- | --- | | Paddl | Food safety, compliance and operations | £69 per location per month, every feature included, 30-day free trial. No tiers and no volume discount. | | Nutritics (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/nutritics) | Recipe, allergen and kitchen data | On quote, licences from 10 users | | Apicbase (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/apicbase) | Recipe, allergen and kitchen data | Annual plans from 5 outlets, on quote | | Kitchen CUT (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/kitchen-cut) | Recipe, allergen and kitchen data | Ask Kitchen CUT; multi-site on quote | ## Questions **How much does Kafoodle cost?** Kafoodle does not publish prices on its site (checked November 2026); it offers a free trial with no card and quotes after that. Paddl is £69 a location a month with every feature. **Is Paddl a Kafoodle alternative?** For allergens that need to sit with your food safety records, yes. For nutrition, costing, stock and wholesaler data feeds beyond Erudus, Kafoodle does more. Many operators choose by which problem is bigger: menu data or inspection readiness. **Does Paddl connect to Erudus like Kafoodle?** Yes. Paddl syncs Erudus daily, for the organisation library or a single business. Each spec change becomes a review card a person approves, so nothing from the feed applies by itself; an approved change then reaches every dish and venue that uses the product, gains at once and removals held. Products are matched by GTIN or supplier code, with a person confirming each match. Kafoodle also takes feeds from wholesalers such as Bidfood and Brakes, which Paddl does not. **How does a group push an allergen change to every venue?** In an organisation, head office keeps master dishes, prep items, the products in them and menus, and each business holds a linked copy. An allergen head office adds shows at every linked venue at once, on the allergen chart, menus, public allergen page, QR codes and website embed. An allergen it removes keeps showing at each venue until an owner or whole-business manager there confirms it, each business acknowledges the update, and head office sees in the master's history who has applied it, and can export the group allergen procedure for a Primary Authority or EHO.