Digital menus for pastry shops
A digital menu for a pastelaria is the list of cakes, savoury snacks, drinks and breakfasts published as a web page that guests open with the QR code on the counter or table. It is the kind of place with the most products and the most allergens per product — and where the law asks for most care.
Updated October 2026
Many products, many allergens
A pastry shop can have forty cakes in the window, and nearly all contain flour, eggs and milk; many contain nuts (almond, walnut), some sesame. Decreto-Lei 26/2016 expressly includes pastry shops among the places that must give allergen information, and the information must be available on a medium the customer can easily understand.
A single chart on the wall is a good start (make yours here). A digital menu goes further: each cake shows its allergens next to its name and price, in the guest’s language. In Platerio allergens only appear after you confirm them — the AI can suggest, but it does not publish.
Organising the window into sections
Cakes and sweets, savoury snacks, bread and toast, breakfasts, hot drinks, juices. Breakfasts work well as dishes with options (“galão + toast”, “coffee + pastel de nata”), and drinks as dishes with variants (espresso, decaf, pingado).
Also state the counter and table price if they differ, and what each combo includes. For visitors, names like “galão”, “meia de leite” or “pingado” need explaining — Platerio writes the explanation in each language.
Pastel de nata and regional sweets
The pastel de nata is the item visitors ask for almost everywhere. Regional sweets — ovos moles, Tentúgal pastries, pão de ló, queijadas — need explaining and clear allergens. See also cafés, with a shorter menu, and the pages for Braga and Coimbra, homes of convent sweets.
Frequently asked questions
Do pastry shops have to list allergens?
Yes. The preamble of Decreto-Lei 26/2016 includes pastry shops among mass caterers, and article 4 requires stating the substances that cause allergies or intolerances.
How do I explain “galão” to a visitor?
“Galão: espresso with plenty of hot milk, served in a tall glass.” In Platerio this explanation is proposed automatically in English, Spanish and French.
Can breakfasts be listed as combos?
Yes, as a dish with the combo price and a description of what it includes.