Allergens and dietary information
A lot of our customers have to be careful about what they eat, so this page sets out what’s in each cookie, how our kitchen works and where the limits are.
Made in a kitchen that handles nuts. Everything we bake is made in a single bakehouse that uses peanuts and tree nuts (almonds, pistachios and hazelnuts), as well as wheat, oats, milk, egg, soya and sulphites. We bake nut cookies on their own trays and clean down between batches, but we cannot guarantee that any of our products are free from traces of nuts. If you have a severe nut allergy, we’re sorry, but we don’t think our cookies are safe for you.
Allergen matrix
UK law lists fourteen allergens. None of our cookies contain celery, crustaceans, fish, lupin, molluscs or mustard, so those columns are left out. We don’t use sesame in the bakehouse at all.
| Cookie | Gluten | Milk | Egg | Soya | Peanuts | Tree nuts | Sesame | Sulphites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lark Everyday | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Double Dark Everyday | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Oat & Treacle Everyday | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | no | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | ● contains |
| Salted Pretzel Caramel Everyday | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| White Chocolate & Raspberry Everyday | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Peanut Butter Crunch Everyday | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | no | no |
| Pistachio & Cardamom Everyday | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | ● contains | no | no |
| Parkin Ginger Everyday | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | no | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Miso Butterscotch Everyday | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Lemon Sugar Everyday | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | no | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Midnight Vegan | ● contains | no | no | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Bramble Oat Vegan | ● contains | no | no | no | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Chocolate Chunk (made without gluten) Made without gluten | no | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Almond & Orange (made without gluten) Made without gluten | no | no | ● contains | no | may contain traces | ● contains | no | no |
| Bonfire Toffee Seasonal | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Spiced Apple Crumble Seasonal | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | no | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Gingerbread Brown Butter Seasonal | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
| Mince Pie Seasonal | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | no | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | ● contains |
| Vegan Mince Pie Seasonal | ● contains | no | no | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | ● contains |
| Chocolate Orange & Sea Salt Seasonal | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | ● contains | may contain traces | may contain traces | no | no |
● = contains as an ingredient. “may” = may contain traces because of our shared kitchen. Gluten comes from wheat or oats; the menu says which. Matrix last checked 2 November 2026. Recipes do change, so always read the label on the day.
Vegan cookies
Midnight, Bramble Oat and the Vegan Mince Pie contain no animal products. They’re mixed first thing with their own bowls and scoops, but they go in the same ovens as cookies with milk and egg in them, so they aren’t suitable for a severe milk or egg allergy.
Made without gluten
The Chocolate Chunk and Almond & Orange cookies use buckwheat, rice flour and ground almonds and have no gluten ingredients. Wheat flour is in the air in our bakehouse from 5am, though, so we don’t label them gluten-free and we wouldn’t recommend them to anyone with coeliac disease.
Vegetarian and halal
All our cookies are vegetarian. We don’t use gelatine, and our mincemeat uses vegetable suet. We aren’t halal-certified. The only animal fat we use is butter, and the only alcohol is the small amount in our vanilla extract.
Labels and how to check
In the shop, every cookie on the counter has a card listing its allergens, and the full ingredients folder lives at the end of the counter. Boxed and wrapped cookies carry a full ingredients label with allergens in bold, as the rules for food prepacked for direct sale require.
In our vending machines, each cookie is wrapped and labelled with its name, full ingredients, allergens and a best-before date. The card in each machine window shows which shelf holds which cookie.
Gift boxes and catering orders come with an allergen sheet, and we can label boxes for named guests. If your event needs a separate nut-free or vegan platter, tell us when you order and we’ll pack it separately and mark it clearly. The kitchen caveats above still apply.
Ask us
If you’ve a question about a particular ingredient, ring the shop on 0114 496 0372 or e-mail hello@ovenlark.co.uk. If it’s busy at the till, ask for the folder rather than taking someone’s best guess. Nobody will mind.