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Bowls Baby restaurant in 97 Little Collins St
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Bowls Baby

The venue's own website and menu page both state 'Our entire menu is GLUTEN FREE, REFINED SUGAR FREE' and the website description says 'gluten and refined sugar aren't in our vocabulary.' Every dish listed on the menu appears free of gluten-containing ingredients. However, there is no mention of a dedicated kitchen, dedicated prep equipment, staff coeliac training, or any accreditation (e.g. Coeliac Australia). The menu carries no per-dish GF codes — it is an implicit whole-menu claim. Without structural kitchen evidence or independent corroboration, cross-contamination cannot be ruled out; this is classified Tier D (marked menu claim, shared-kitchen risk acknowledged).

Address97 Little Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Cuisine
Price€€
Hours
Mon9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Tue9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Wed9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Thu9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Fri9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
SatClosed
SunClosed
Websitewww.bowlsbaby.com/
Last verified

Per-allergen evidence

Coeliac · Gluten-free

confidence 0.65 ·

Marked menu, shared, Allergen-marked menu and aware staff but shared fryer / prep. Cross-contamination risk acknowledged.

The venue's own website and menu page both state 'Our entire menu is GLUTEN FREE, REFINED SUGAR FREE' and the website description says 'gluten and refined sugar aren't in our vocabulary.' Every dish listed on the menu appears free of gluten-containing ingredients. However, there is no mention of a dedicated kitchen, dedicated prep equipment, staff coeliac training, or any accreditation (e.g. Coeliac Australia). The menu carries no per-dish GF codes — it is an implicit whole-menu claim. Without structural kitchen evidence or independent corroboration, cross-contamination cannot be ruled out; this is classified Tier D (marked menu claim, shared-kitchen risk acknowledged).

Vegan

confidence 0.60 ·

Marked menu, shared, Allergen-marked menu and aware staff but shared fryer / prep. Cross-contamination risk acknowledged.

The menu marks several items '(Ve, DF)': Mofu-Tofu Bowl, Good Intentions Bowl, Original Baby acai bowl, Acai Pop smoothie, Tropicola smoothie. The catering page also notes 'vegan options available.' Non-vegan items (chicken, beef, salmon, dairy, honey, eggs in mayo) are present throughout the menu, indicating a shared kitchen. Tier D: per-dish Ve coding present, shared kitchen.

marked menu

Vegetarian

confidence 0.55 ·

Marked menu, shared, Allergen-marked menu and aware staff but shared fryer / prep. Cross-contamination risk acknowledged.

Several dishes are meat-free (Villager with halloumi, Good Intentions Bowl with falafel, Mofu-Tofu with tofu, acai bowls, smoothies, snacks). The menu does not apply a dedicated 'V' vegetarian code to dishes — the 'Ve' tag covers vegan items only. Vegetarian suitability must be inferred from ingredients rather than explicit marking. Tier D: options are identifiable from ingredients but no dedicated vegetarian marking or separate prep is evidenced.

Nut-free

confidence 0.55 ·

Marked menu, shared, Allergen-marked menu and aware staff but shared fryer / prep. Cross-contamination risk acknowledged.

Multiple menu items contain peanuts (peanut butter in acai bowls and smoothies, Peanut Butter snack) and tree nuts (almonds in Chocolate Brownie Protein Ball, cashews in Matcha Protein Ball — both with explicit 'CONTAINS: TREE NUTS' warnings). The venue sells 100% peanut butter as a snack. There is no nut-free zone or dedicated nut-free prep area mentioned. Nut allergen risk is significant given ubiquity of peanuts on the menu. No nut-free coding on dishes. Tier D: allergens present throughout menu, no structural mitigation evidenced.

Dairy-free

confidence 0.60 ·

Marked menu, shared, Allergen-marked menu and aware staff but shared fryer / prep. Cross-contamination risk acknowledged.

The menu marks several dishes with '(DF)' (Hot Chick, Superfood Salmon, Poh-Kay Bowl, Mofu-Tofu, Good Intentions Bowl, Original Baby acai bowl, Acai Pop smoothie, Tropicola). Multiple non-DF dishes contain halloumi, cheddar, natural yoghurt, whey protein (protein balls), or milk. The DF code is applied per-dish, indicating staff awareness, but no dedicated dairy-free prep area or fryer is mentioned. Tier D: marked menu with DF codes on individual dishes, shared kitchen, cross-contamination risk acknowledged.

marked menu

Sugar-free

confidence 0.60 ·

Marked menu, shared, Allergen-marked menu and aware staff but shared fryer / prep. Cross-contamination risk acknowledged.

Both the menu page and homepage explicitly state the entire menu is 'REFINED SUGAR FREE'. However, several items contain honey, date paste, coconut nectar, and natural yoghurt, so 'refined sugar free' is a specific claim (no added refined/processed sugar), not zero-sugar. No independent corroboration or kitchen-structure evidence. Tier D: menu-level claim, shared-kitchen context, no structural verification.

Pescatarian

confidence 0.55 ·

Marked menu, shared, Allergen-marked menu and aware staff but shared fryer / prep. Cross-contamination risk acknowledged.

Multiple fish dishes are present (Superfood Salmon, Poh-Kay Bowl with cured salmon) alongside meat dishes (chicken, beef). Several dishes contain no meat or fish (Villager, Good Intentions Bowl, Mofu-Tofu, acai bowls, smoothies). Menu does not apply a pescatarian code but fish and non-fish options are distinguishable from ingredient lists. Tier D: options identifiable but no explicit pescatarian marking.

Reminder

Always confirm with venue staff before ordering. Tiers and accreditations are guides, not guarantees.

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