Cheddar’s Allergen Menu and Ingredients

The Cheddar’s allergen menu tracks nine declared allergens across 177 items in seventeen menu sections. Dairy and soy turn up on more rows than any other allergen, on 127 and 126 of the 177 items. Reading the item-by-item tables below is the fastest way to check one specific plate or side.

Each row carries the allergens Cheddar’s own guide declares for that item. A blank declaration is not an all-clear. Cross-contact runs across shared grills and fryers whatever a single row says.

At a glance

Cheddar’s Allergen Menu Item by Item

Every item below keeps the wording from Cheddar’s own Food Allergen Guide, effective November 2, 2026. Nine allergens turn up across the 177 items covered here, led by dairy and soy. Cheddar’s keeps its pricing on a separate page, rather than mixing it into this allergen-only grid.

Cheddar’s Appetizers

Ten items make up Appetizers on the Cheddar’s allergen menu, and Add Seasoned Ground Beef is the only one declaring nothing at all. Coconut Shrimp and Buffalo Beer-Battered Fried Shrimp carry the widest list, six allergens apiece. Dairy turns up on eight of the ten, and wheat and gluten each on seven. Coconut Shrimp alone adds tree nuts.

Cheddar’s Salads & Soup

Nine items make up Salads & Soup, and every one declares at least one allergen. Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad carries the widest list at six, naming dairy, eggs, fish, gluten, soy and wheat. Dairy appears on eight of the nine, missing only from the Grilled Shrimp add-on, which is also the only row naming crustacean shellfish. Fish turns up on four, tied to the salmon and Caesar builds.

Cheddar’s Dressings & Dipping Sauces

Thirteen dressings and dipping sauces round out this section, and two, BBQ Sauce and Honey Hot Sauce, declare nothing at all. Country Gravy and Brown Gravy carry the widest list, naming dairy, gluten, soy and wheat together. Eggs turn up more than any other allergen here, on seven of the thirteen. Caesar Dressing is the only entry naming fish.

Cheddar’s Lunch

Lunch spans twelve dishes, and Skirt Steak Churrasco is the only one declaring nothing. Classic Chicken Sandwich carries the widest list at five allergens, adding eggs to dairy, gluten, soy and wheat. Fish turns up on four of the twelve, the three white-fish preparations and the Fish and Chips plate. Six of the twelve skip gluten and wheat, among them Cajun Chicken Bowl and Baja Chicken.

Cheddar’s Chicken

Nine items fill out Chicken, and Honey Hot Sauce is the only one declaring nothing. Key West Chicken & Shrimp carries the widest list at five allergens, the only chicken dish adding crustacean shellfish. Soy appears on seven of the nine. Buffalo Sauce declares soy alone.

Cheddar’s Comfort Food

Ten dishes make up Comfort Food, and Add Grilled Chicken is the only one declaring nothing. Homestyle Meatloaf, New Orleans Pasta and Spasagna tie for the widest list at five allergens apiece. Wheat and gluten both appear on nine of the ten. New Orleans Pasta alone names crustacean shellfish.

Cheddar’s Sandwiches & Burgers

All eight Sandwiches & Burgers on the Cheddar’s allergen menu declare at least one allergen. Monte Cristo, both Buffalo Chicken Wrapper builds and the Classic Chicken Sandwich tie for the widest list at five allergens apiece. Gluten, soy and wheat appear on all eight. Classic Burger is the only one skipping dairy.

Cheddar’s Combinations

Combinations pairs two proteins per plate across twelve options on the Cheddar’s allergen menu, and every one declares at least one allergen. Top Sirloin Steak & Coconut Shrimp carries the widest list of the twelve, naming seven allergens including tree nuts. Crustacean shellfish turns up on nine of the twelve, tied to whichever shrimp preparation rounds out the plate. Top Sirloin Steak & Ribs stays simplest, at two.

Cheddar’s Steaks & Ribs

Steaks & Ribs lists six items. Skirt Steak Churrasco and Hickory Smoked Baby Back Ribs both declare nothing at all. Top Sirloin Steak, 16 oz. Bone-In Ribeye, 7 oz. Filet and 14 oz. Ribeye Steak carry the same two allergens, dairy and soy.

Cheddar’s Seafood

Fifteen Seafood dishes appear on the Cheddar’s allergen menu, and every one declares at least one allergen. Coconut Shrimp Platter and both Bourbon-Glazed Salmon & Shrimp plates tie for the widest list, six allergens apiece. Fish turns up on twelve of the fifteen, and crustacean shellfish on six. Beer-Battered Fried Shrimp Platter declares crustacean shellfish, gluten and wheat and nothing else.

Cheddar’s Made From Scratch Sides

Made From Scratch Sides is the largest single group on the Cheddar’s allergen menu, spanning 21 items from mashed potatoes to plated salads. Three, Southern Green Beans, Sweet Baby Carrots and Fried Plantains, declare nothing at all. Caesar Salad carries the widest list, naming dairy, eggs, fish, gluten and wheat, and it is the only side naming fish. Soy is the most common allergen of the group, appearing on 15 of the 21.

Cheddar’s Kids Meals

Twelve plates fill the Kids Meals list on the Cheddar’s allergen menu, and every one declares at least one allergen. Kid’s Coconut Shrimp carries the widest declaration at six allergens, the only kids’ plate adding tree nuts. Kid’s Grilled Chicken and Kid’s BBQ Chicken keep to dairy and soy only. Gluten and wheat appear on ten of the twelve.

Cheddar’s Desserts

All five Desserts declare dairy, gluten and wheat together. Cheddar’s Legendary Monster Cookie, Carrot Cake and Hot Fudge Cake Sundae tie for the widest declaration at six allergens apiece. Peanuts appear only on the cookie and the sundae, while Carrot Cake is the lone dessert naming tree nuts. Fried Apple Pie skips eggs and soy.

Cheddar’s Gluten-Friendly Salads

Four salads make up the Gluten-Friendly Salads list, and none of them declares gluten or wheat. All four declare dairy, and three add fish. Chicken Caesar Salad carries the widest list at four allergens, naming dairy, eggs, fish and soy. Grilled Chicken Pecan Salad and Salmon Strawberry Salad both add tree nuts.

Cheddar’s Gluten-Friendly Scratch Burgers

Four burgers appear on the Gluten-Friendly Scratch Burgers list, and none of them declares gluten or wheat. The Original Burger is the only one declaring nothing at all. Bacon Cheeseburger, Smokehouse Burger and The Original Burger with Cheddar Cheese each declare dairy alone.

Cheddar’s Gluten-Friendly Entrees

Fifteen entrees fill the Gluten-Friendly Entrees list on the Cheddar’s allergen menu, and none of them declares gluten or wheat. Skirt Steak Churrasco and House Smoked Baby Back Ribs are the only two declaring nothing at all. Seven items tie for the widest declaration at three allergens apiece, split between the shrimp dishes, the fish preparations and Dijon Chicken & Mushrooms. Soy turns up on 13 of the 15, the most common allergen on this list.

Cheddar’s Gluten-Friendly Sides

Twelve sides round out the Gluten-Friendly Sides list, and none of them declares gluten or wheat. Southern Green Beans and Sweet Baby Carrots are the only two declaring nothing at all. Dairy and soy each appear on eight of the twelve. House Salad declares dairy alone.

Dairy-Free Options at Cheddar’s

Dairy does not appear in the declared list for 50 of the 177 items on the Cheddar’s allergen menu. Dressings & Dipping Sauces contributes the largest share, with 7 of its 13 items clear of dairy, including Honey Mustard and Balsamic Vinaigrette. Made From Scratch Sides adds another 7, among them Southern Green Beans, French Fries and Freshly Made Coleslaw.

Combinations adds 5 items and Seafood 4, while the Gluten-Friendly Entrees and the Gluten-Friendly Sides add 4 each. None of the five Desserts or the four Gluten-Friendly Salads qualify, because every one of them declares dairy.

Ordering Gluten-Free at Cheddar’s

Gluten does not appear in the declared list for 97 of the 177 items on the Cheddar’s allergen menu. Wheat is absent from the same 97. Cheddar’s built a dedicated Gluten-Friendly section around that gap. Its 35 items, spread across salads, burgers, entrees and sides, all skip gluten and wheat.

Outside that section, Made From Scratch Sides adds 17 of its 21 items and Dressings & Dipping Sauces adds 11 of 13. Steaks & Ribs clears all 6 of its items. Lunch adds 6, and Chicken and Seafood add 6 each.

Cross-Contact and Shared Equipment at Cheddar’s

Cheddar’s own allergen guide flags two cooking methods as cross-contact risks, frying in soybean oil and cooking on the grill. Forty items on the Cheddar’s allergen menu carry a fried-in-soybean-oil flag, and 82 carry a grill flag. The guide adds that shared cooking and preparation areas mean no item can be guaranteed free of allergens.

A dish with no allergen checked in its own row can still pick one up through a shared fryer or grill. Telling a server about a serious allergy before ordering covers what the Cheddar’s allergen guide cannot.

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