Food and translation safety
A helpful aid. Not a guarantee.
Bite China is a helpful communication aid, not a food-safety guarantee. Menu recognition, translations, dish descriptions and dietary flags may be incomplete or incorrect. Ingredients and preparation methods vary between restaurants, and cross-contact may occur.
If you have a serious allergy
Users with serious allergies must confirm ingredients and preparation directly with restaurant staff, and should not rely on the app alone. Bite China is designed to support that conversation — not replace it.
Where the limits are
Understanding what each part of the app can, and can't, promise.
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Menu recognition can be incomplete
Handwriting, unusual fonts, glare and worn signage can all affect how accurately text is recognised from a photograph.
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Translation is an aid, not a certified rendering
Dish names and descriptions are translated for understanding, not as a certified or legally binding translation.
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Dish information describes likelihood, not certainty
Ingredient, cooking style and regional context are written to help you decide what to ask — they do not guarantee any specific restaurant's recipe.
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Dietary flags are guidance only
Preferences like lactose intolerance, peanut allergy, vegetarian, no beef, no pork and gluten-free surface helpful flags — but recipes and preparation vary between kitchens, and cross-contact can occur even when a dish is normally free of an ingredient.
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Confirming with staff is always the safest step
Bite China's dining phrases exist specifically to make that conversation easier — including asking staff to confirm ingredients directly.
Designed to support the conversation
Use the app to ask better questions.
Bite China's dining phrases are built for exactly this moment — confirming ingredients, flagging allergies and asking for changes, in Simplified Chinese, spoken or shown at the table.
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