Olive Garden Allergen Menu and Ingredients

Wheat and gluten run through nearly every plate at Olive Garden, because pasta and breadsticks carry both. The Olive Garden allergen menu below names milk, egg, fish, shellfish, soy, wheat and sulfites against each dish. Soy turns up almost as widely as wheat does.

Zuppa Toscana declares milk alone. Shellfish stays on the shrimp and calamari plates across the Olive Garden allergen menu, and fish appears on the salmon and nowhere else.

Olive Garden allergen menu at a glance

Olive Garden Allergen Menu Item by Item

Each row below names the allergens declared against that dish. The Olive Garden allergen menu reads item by item rather than by category, because two plates from one section rarely declare the same set.

Kitchens boil pasta, fry breaded plates and dress salads in one room. Cross-contact stays possible on any order. Tell a server about an allergy before the ticket goes in rather than after the food reaches the table.

Olive Garden Appetizer Allergens

Calamari carries shellfish from the squid and sulfites from its coating, while Fried Mozzarella declares milk, egg, soy, wheat and gluten without them. Lasagna Fritta, Toasted Ravioli and Shrimp Fritto Misto each add sulfites to that same set.

Olive Garden Soup, Salad and Breadstick Allergens

Zuppa Toscana declares milk and nothing else, while Minestrone carries soy, wheat, gluten and sulfites and skips both milk and egg entirely. Breadsticks and Pasta e Fagioli both hold milk, soy, wheat and gluten. The breadsticks keep arriving through an Olive Garden meal, and every refill declares the same four.

Olive Garden Pasta and Chicken Entrée Allergens

Fettuccine Alfredo, Chicken Alfredo and Lasagna Classico all declare milk, egg, soy, wheat, gluten and sulfites. Cheese Ravioli drops the sulfites. Five Cheese Ziti al Forno leaves out the egg. Spaghetti with Meat Sauce is the one plate on the Olive Garden allergen menu carrying neither milk nor egg.

Olive Garden Seafood and Steak Allergens

Shellfish runs through every shrimp and scallop plate in this group. Herb-Grilled Salmon is the one dish declaring fish, and it carries milk and soy without wheat, gluten or egg. The 6 oz Sirloin, the one hand-cut steak on the Olive Garden menu, declares milk, soy, wheat and gluten.

Olive Garden Dessert Allergens

Black Tie Mousse Cake, Chocolate Lasagna and Sicilian Cheesecake share one declaration, each holding milk, egg, soy, wheat, gluten and sulfites. Strawberry Cream Cake carries the same set without the sulfites.

Dairy-Free Options at Olive Garden

Olive Garden allergen menu entries clear milk from only two of the thirty-seven dishes listed. Minestrone and Spaghetti with Meat Sauce are the only options that skip milk. Nearly everything else on the menu lists milk as an allergen, from alfredo sauce to breadsticks.

Ordering Gluten-Free at Olive Garden

Gluten-free choices at Olive Garden are just as limited. Zuppa Toscana and Herb-Grilled Salmon stand as the only two dishes without wheat or gluten. Every pasta, breadstick and fried appetizer on the menu contains wheat.

Cross-Contact and Shared Equipment at Olive Garden

One kitchen boils the pasta, fries the breaded plates and finishes the sauces at Olive Garden. Shared fryers and shared pasta water put wheat and gluten within reach of almost any order. A gluten-sensitive diner should say so before the ticket goes in.

Servers can route an order around a named allergen where the kitchen allows it. Sauces carry most of the sulfites, so a plain marinara changes what a plate declares. Ask for the current declaration at the restaurant if an allergy is severe.

Olive Garden Allergen Menu FAQs