NutriticsvsPaddl
Nutritics is a food data platform for building recipes and menus with nutrition and allergen data, drawing on a database of over 1.5 million foods. Its product family includes Labelmagic for labels and Tenkites for digital menus and multi-site menu and price bands. It sells to restaurant groups, contract caterers, healthcare, education and sports nutrition, on quote.
46 features compared · 40 Paddl only · prices verified 7 November 2026
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. Nutritics: On quote, licences from 10 users.
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Nutritics pricing
Nutritics does not publish its prices. What is known, checked 7 November 2026, comes from nutritics.com.
Quote via an enquiry form. No trial or minimum term stated on the pricing page (checked November 2026).
Every feature. 5 users per location, £2.99 a month for each extra user. 30-day free trial, card required, no contract.
- One site, 12 staff: £89.93 a month
- One site, 40 staff: £173.65 a month
- Five sites, 100 staff: £569.25 a month
Nutritics vs Paddl: what matters most
Last reviewed: 7 November 2026
What you are actually choosing between
Nutritics is the recipe and nutrition database: what is in each dish, its calories and allergens, its label and its cost. Paddl is the venue's compliance system, and the allergen matrix is one part of it, next to the HACCP plan, the checks, the training records and the EHO audit pack. If nutrition data is the job, Nutritics does it and Paddl does not.
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. Nutritics pushes recipe and menu updates centrally; its site does not describe a confirmation step at each venue when an allergen comes off.
One business, many sites
Inside one business, with no organisation needed, products roll up into dishes: an allergen gained on a product reaches every dish at every site at once, and a removal waits for someone to confirm it. Each site's allergen menu draws on the same items, and PPDS labels print from the recipe.
What Paddl does not do
Paddl does not do nutrition analysis, recipe costing, stock counts or purchasing, and it does not sell label printers. Groups that need calories on menus usually keep a nutrition tool for that and run allergens and compliance in Paddl, or keep both.
Where Nutritics and Paddl differ
From the 46-row grid below, checked against Nutritics's published feature list on 7 November 2026.
Food Safety & Compliance
Paddl has, Nutritics does not: Digital SFBB Packs, HACCP Plans, AI HACCP Generation, Risk Assessments, EHO Report Generation, One-Click Audit Packs, Fire Safety - Drills, Certificates & Expiry Alerts, COSHH Management.
Operations & Equipment
Paddl has, Nutritics does not: Equipment Tracking, AI Equipment Anomaly Detection, Temperature Monitoring, Maintenance Swimlanes, Delivery Checks.
Nutritics covers in part: Supplier Management.
Team & Training
Paddl has, Nutritics 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, Nutritics does not: Knowledge Hub, Digital Signatures, Licence Management, Insurance Gap Detection, Lease & Property Management.
Nutritics covers in part: Document Management.
Reporting & Incidents
Paddl has, Nutritics does not: Complaint Monitoring, Incident & Accident Reporting, EHO Visit Dashboard, AI Legal Guidance & Evidence Packs.
Platform & AI
Paddl has, Nutritics does not: Mobile App, Mobile Manager View, Offline Mode, AI Assistant, AI Agent That Carries Out Tasks Once You Confirm, AI Document Extraction, Compliance Dashboard.
Groups & Head Office
Nutritics covers in part: Group Allergen Changes Reach Every Venue, Removals Confirmed per Venue.
Not stated on Nutritics's site, so ask them: Head Office Library Sent to Separate Businesses as Versioned Updates.
Where Nutritics is stronger
- Nutrition analysis against national and branded food databases, which Paddl does not do
- Over 1.5 million foods in its database
- Natasha's Law and PPDS labels through Labelmagic
- Digital menus and multi-site menu and price bands through Tenkites
- Recipe costing with cost and margin impact
- Used by large caterers such as Compass and Aramark, by its own account
Side-by-side feature comparison
Food Safety & Compliance
| Feature | Paddl | Nutritics |
|---|---|---|
| Digital SFBB PacksPaddl only | ||
| HACCP PlansPaddl only | ||
| AI HACCP GenerationPaddl only | ||
| Allergen Management | ||
| Risk AssessmentsPaddl only | ||
| EHO Report GenerationPaddl only | ||
| One-Click Audit PacksPaddl only | ||
| Fire Safety - Drills, Certificates & Expiry AlertsPaddl only | ||
| COSHH ManagementPaddl only |
Operations & Equipment
| Feature | Paddl | Nutritics |
|---|---|---|
| Equipment TrackingPaddl only | ||
| AI Equipment Anomaly DetectionPaddl only | ||
| Temperature MonitoringPaddl only | ||
| Maintenance SwimlanesPaddl only | ||
| Supplier Management | ||
| Delivery ChecksPaddl only |
Team & Training
| Feature | Paddl | Nutritics |
|---|---|---|
| Team ManagementPaddl only | ||
| Rota Building & PublishingPaddl only | ||
| Shift Swaps & Open ShiftsPaddl only | ||
| Holiday & LeavePaddl only | ||
| Timesheets & Payroll ExportPaddl only | ||
| Training TrackingPaddl only | ||
| Staff InductionsPaddl only | ||
| GPS Check-inPaddl only | ||
| Shift Handovers / EOD ReportsPaddl only | ||
| Staff NotificationsPaddl only | ||
| Team Chat & Direct MessagesPaddl only |
Documents & Knowledge
| Feature | Paddl | Nutritics |
|---|---|---|
| Document Management | ||
| Knowledge HubPaddl only | ||
| Digital SignaturesPaddl only | ||
| Licence ManagementPaddl only | ||
| Insurance Gap DetectionPaddl only | ||
| Lease & Property ManagementPaddl only |
Reporting & Incidents
| Feature | Paddl | Nutritics |
|---|---|---|
| Complaint MonitoringPaddl only | ||
| Incident & Accident ReportingPaddl only | ||
| EHO Visit DashboardPaddl only | ||
| AI Legal Guidance & Evidence PacksPaddl only |
Platform & AI
| Feature | Paddl | Nutritics |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile AppPaddl only | ||
| Mobile Manager ViewPaddl only | ||
| Offline ModePaddl only | ||
| AI AssistantPaddl only | ||
| AI Agent That Carries Out Tasks Once You ConfirmPaddl only | ||
| AI Document ExtractionPaddl only | ||
| Compliance DashboardPaddl only |
Groups & Head Office
| Feature | Paddl | Nutritics |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Location | ||
| Head Office Library Sent to Separate Businesses as Versioned Updates | ? | |
| Group Allergen Changes Reach Every Venue, Removals Confirmed per Venue |
What Nutritics does not do, shown in Paddl
Screenshots of the Paddl features the grid marks as missing or partial in Nutritics.
Shift handovers and end-of-day reports
Paddl AdvantageStaff submit an end-of-day report with urgent actions, stock shortages and equipment problems. The incoming shift acknowledges the handover before starting.
Push notifications to staff on shift
Paddl AdvantageTemperature alerts, handover submissions and maintenance updates go to the people checked in that day, not the whole team.
EHO visit view
Paddl AdvantageOne screen with everything an inspector asks for, grouped by what they score: hygiene, structure and confidence in management, from the SFBB pack to delivery checks, temperature logs and training.
Equipment records with AI health checks
Paddl AdvantageEvery fridge, oven and extractor with its service history and temperature logs. The AI flags a unit whose readings are drifting before it fails.
Report a fault from the app
Paddl AdvantageStaff log a breakdown or a safety concern with a photo and a priority, and the manager sees it the moment it is raised.
AI HACCP plan generation
Paddl AdvantageThe AI reads your business, routines, equipment and menu, then drafts a complete HACCP plan with process steps and critical control points for you to review.
Ask Paddy: AI that does the admin
Paddl AdvantageAsk Paddy books the contractor visit, builds the routine, drafts the risk assessment and gathers the inspection pack. You confirm every action, and it never fills in or signs a compliance record.
Manager view in the mobile app
Paddl AdvantageManagers switch to an admin view on their phone: team progress, compliance status, recent activity and SFBB state across every site.
AI insurance gap detection
Paddl AdvantageUpload the policy documents and the AI reads the cover, lists the gaps and says what to ask the broker.
Who should choose Nutritics, and who should choose Paddl
Choose Nutritics if
- You need calories and full nutrition on menus, or work to dietitian standards
- You are a contract caterer, hospital or school feeding to a nutrition specification
- Recipe costing and margin sit in the same purchase
Choose Paddl if
- Allergens should live with the rest of the venue's food safety file: the HACCP plan, the daily checks, the training records and the audit pack
- Your brands or franchisees are separate businesses and a head office allergen change must reach each of them, with removals confirmed per venue
- You want one published price per location (£69) rather than a quote by users
- You want an AI agent that imports your allergens, suppliers and training records and does the setup, with each change confirmed by you
Switching from Nutritics to Paddl
- The allergen matrix sits inside the venue's food safety file: HACCP plan, checks, training and the audit pack
- Head office allergen changes reach every venue at once, with removals confirmed at each one
- Public allergen page, QR codes and website embed update when the recipe changes
- One published price at £69 per location with every feature
A typical move: export the matrix, upload it, review what Paddl read, then switch the public allergen page over.
How the switch works
- Export recipes and the allergen matrix from Nutritics
- Upload them to Paddl and review the allergens it reads before saving
- Upload supplier spec sheets so product allergens come from the source
- Check the public allergen page and QR codes for each site
- Keep Nutritics for nutrition if you still publish calories
What you keep
- Recipe-level allergen data
- PPDS labels
- Digital allergen menus
What you give up
- Nutrition and calorie analysis
- Recipe costing and margins
- The Nutritics food database
Alternatives to Nutritics 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. |
| Kafoodle | Recipe, allergen and kitchen data | Not published; free trial, then quote |
| Apicbase | Recipe, allergen and kitchen data | Annual plans from 5 outlets, on quote |
| Kitchen CUT | Recipe, allergen and kitchen data | Ask Kitchen CUT; multi-site on quote |
Nutritics comparison questions
How much does Nutritics cost?
Nutritics does not publish prices (checked November 2026). Its pricing page takes an enquiry and says Teams and Single Site licences start from 10 users, with Multi Site on request. Paddl is £69 a location a month with every feature, published.
Is Paddl an alternative to Nutritics?
For allergens tied to compliance, yes. For nutrition analysis, no: Paddl does not calculate calories or nutrients. Pick Nutritics when nutrition data is the requirement; pick Paddl when the allergen matrix has to sit with the HACCP plan, daily checks and EHO audit pack, and reach every venue in a group.
Can a restaurant group update allergens at every venue at once?
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.
Does Paddl print PPDS labels like Nutritics Labelmagic?
Paddl produces PPDS labels from the recipe, with the allergens emphasised, so the label matches the matrix. It does not sell label printers or hardware.
Can I move my allergen data from Nutritics to Paddl?
Export your recipes and allergen matrix and upload them; Paddl reads allergen sheets and supplier spec sheets and offers a review of what changes on the matrix before anything is saved. Keep Nutritics if you still need nutrition.
Try Paddl alongside Nutritics for 30 days
£69 per location per month, every feature included, 30-day free trial. No tiers and no volume discount. Card required to start, nothing charged until the trial ends.
Every feature during the trial · Setup from your own paperwork · Cancel any time