Solution
Airline catering has its own rules. Blaze Aero speaks them.
In-flight catering runs on codes, certifications and deadlines a standard kitchen system was never built for: SPML special-meal codes, halal certification tracked at the recipe and supplier level (not just an ingredient checkbox), and HACCP-compliant labelling at a volume and speed most kitchens never see. Blaze Aero is built specifically for that.
Before / after
Airline catering has to prove halal certification, track SPML special-meal codes, and print HACCP-compliant labels — all at a volume and speed standard kitchen software was never built for. Bolting that onto a single-site tool means spreadsheets plugging the gaps.
Blaze Aero is built for exactly that: certification, special-meal codes and compliant labelling native to the menu, at airline catering's own pace.
Why this feature matters
This feature is built directly into the CalcMenu recipe and menu database. The same data serves kitchen, service, and administration—no re-entry, no paper versions.
In-flight catering runs on codes, certifications and deadlines a standard kitchen system was never built for: SPML special-meal codes, halal certification tracked at the recipe and supplier level (not just an ingredient checkbox), and HACCP-compliant labelling at a volume and speed most kitchens never see. Blaze Aero is built specifically for that.
What it gives you
Halal certification that holds up to audit
Certification is tracked at the company and recipe level, not just flagged on individual ingredients — so a certifying body's audit finds a real, traceable chain instead of a spreadsheet nobody trusts.
SPML special meal codes, built in
Special meal codes — the standard airline industry system for religious, medical and dietary meal requests — are native to the menu, not a manual cross-reference sheet kept next to the kitchen printer.
Built for the catering kitchen's own pace
Airline catering plans and produces meals in volumes and on deadlines a standard restaurant kitchen doesn't face. Blaze Aero's menu engineering and labelling are built for that scale from the start, not adapted from a single-site tool afterward.
Tray and drawer labels that match the manifest
A special meal tray, a drawer and a crew meal each need their own label, carrying the passenger, the seat, the special meal code and the reheat instruction. All of them read the same recipe, so a change to a dish reaches every label type at once instead of being retyped station by station.
Trolley, galley and cabin documents
Trolley and cart labels, trolley seals, door placards, galley oven inserts, tray set-up cards and bond or bar cart labels all come from the same recipe data. The cabin crew allergen card and the pre-packed label print in English beside Arabic where the route calls for it.
Production, goods-in and sample labels
Production and sub-recipe batch labels, goods-in labels, retained samples and golden samples close the chain from the delivery door to the aircraft. Each carries its lot number, so a recall question is answered from the label instead of from memory.
The engine runs today; the layouts are drawn per operation
The labelling engine, the printers and the central template editor are in production. The seventeen airline label types above are example layouts rather than a fixed catalogue: they are drawn against your own meal codes, station names and aircraft types, then pushed from the template editor so every station has them without an app update.
How it works
Set up your certifications and codes
Halal certification status and SPML codes are attached at the company and recipe level once, then apply automatically everywhere that recipe is used.
Plan the menu engineering
Build and cost menus the way airline catering actually plans them — by route, by meal type, by special-meal demand — with certification and code data already attached.
Print HACCP-compliant labels at kitchen speed
Labels reflect the certification and special-meal data automatically, printed at the volume and speed an airline catering kitchen needs.
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For which sectors
Built specifically for airline and in-flight catering kitchens — where halal certification, SPML special-meal codes, and HACCP compliance all have to hold up simultaneously, at a pace and volume most food-service software was never designed for.
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Allergens & traceability
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Label Connector (NiceLabel)
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Orders by floor / station
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Multi-site
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HACCP & safety
Temperatures, batch traceability and cleaning logs recorded continuously: always inspection-ready.
Food cost & purchasing
Each recipe's cost updates with supplier prices; steer your margins and orders with precision.
Electronic shelf labels (ESL)
Buffet, menu and price labels updated instantly from CalcMenu, with allergens and origin, no reprinting.
Nutrition & analysis
Calculate nutritional values per portion and adapt menus to specific diets. US FDA panel format in development.
Self-Service Meal Ordering
Patients and residents order their meals from a tablet or room screen: diets respected, allergens checked, kitchen orders consolidated automatically.
IDDSI textures
Apply IDDSI levels to recipes and ensure meals suitable for dysphagic patients.
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