Key:diet:*

Prefix diet:*
Description
The prefix for several diet:* keys to describe dietary options. Should not itself be used as a key.
Group: food and beverages
Used on these elements
Useful combination
amenity=restaurant amenity=cafe amenity=fast_food shop=convenience shop=supermarket cuisine=* organic=*
Status: approved
taginfo: diet:*

This page describes a key prefix rather than a simple key.

diet is the common prefix for several diet:*=* keys to describe dietary options, for example to indicate that a amenity=restaurant offers vegetarian dishes.

All tags follow the structure diet:<DIET_TYPE>=<OFFER>.

Tagging

Diet types

Key	Description	Count
diet:vegetarian	no fish or meat, synonym for ovo-lacto-vegetarian
diet:vegan	no fish, meat, dairy, eggs or any other animal products
diet:halal	halal food, permissible for consumption by Muslims
diet:kosher	kosher food, permissible for observant Jews
diet:gluten_free	no gluten in food
diet:meat	cuisine focused on meats
diet:non-vegetarian	cuisine not focused on vegatarians
diet:lactose_free	no lactose in food
diet:pescetarian	no land-dwelling meat, but allows fish
diet:dairy_free	no milk or other dairy products in food
diet:sugar_free	no or very little sugar for people with diabetes
diet:lacto_vegetarian	no fish, meat or eggs
diet:ovo_vegetarian	no fish, meat or dairy
diet:fruitarian	only fruit, nuts and seeds
diet:raw	uncooked and unprocessed only

Values

• yes - the place provides at least a proper choice for this diet type, constantly available, i.e. full meal in a restaurant, specific section in shop. If in doubt, see note below.
• no - the place doesn't provide this diet type at all, or not reliably, i.e. side-orders or light snack only in a pub, temporary products in a shop.
• only - the place only provides this diet type, N.B. it may often be helpful to tag a vegetarian place with both diet:vegetarian=only and diet:vegan=yes)

Only places that provide a proper choice for an option should be tagged yes. For instance, a restaurant with vegetarian starters but no vegetarian main course is to be tagged no. Same for a pub that can't serve more than light snacks (baked potatoes, green salad) to vegetarians. There is discussion of using the value "limited" as well as yes/no/only, so as to be clearer about the difference between a total absence of options and merely limited options.

Examples

A vegetarian-only Indian restaurant that also offers vegan dishes

• amenity=restaurant
• cuisine=indian
• diet:vegetarian=only
• diet:vegan=yes

Maps

• Veggiekarte
• OSM Vegan
• OpenStreetBrowser, category "Gastronomy" - the popups show diet Tags (✔ for 'yes', ! for 'only', ✘ for 'no'), also, a filter can be added.

See also

• organic=* - Whether organic food is available
• The original proposal is at proposed features/Vegetarian

Possible tagging mistakes

diet:local=*

More details at taginfo

• diet:local=* ‒ Consider using cuisine=* instead.

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diet:healthy=*

More details at taginfo

• diet:healthy=*

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diet:organic=*

More details at taginfo

• diet:organic=* ‒ Consider using organic=* instead.

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!