Baked with care — and caution.
Hearth exists because our baker grew up being left out of the treat table. So at Hearth, allergy-friendly isn’t a category on the menu — it’s the reason the kitchen is here. For us that means real care around allergens: not a disclaimer buried in fine print, but a set of habits we follow in every batch. Here’s exactly how we keep the people you’re baking for safe.
01 A 100% Gluten-Free Kitchen
As of September 30, 2026, no wheat — or anything else containing gluten — comes through our kitchen door. Every recipe is built on a gluten-free flour blend made from rice, tapioca, and potato, so there’s no gluten in the kitchen to cross-contact anything. You don’t have to ask for a gluten-free version; every item on our menu is one.
02 Always Peanut- & Tree-Nut-Free
This one never changes. We run a 100% peanut-free and tree-nut-free kitchen — no peanut butter, nut flours, nut meals, or nut oils ever come through our door, for business or personal use. The single exception is coconut. It appears in a few of our recipes — our vegan chocolate cupcakes, and the protein powder in our protein cookies — and whenever it does, we say so on the product page and on the label.
03 What Our Kitchen Handles
Our kitchen does handle milk, eggs, and soy (soy comes in through our chocolate chips, and our plant-based butter is made in a facility that also handles soy). That’s why our free-from options are their own recipes — never a substitute squeezed out of the original — made with the same creativity and care as everything else:
Every product page lists what that bake contains, along with its full ingredients and nutrition facts. The badges you see across the site — Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Vegan — mean the same thing everywhere.
04 How We Prevent Cross-Contact
A free-from label only means something if the process behind it is real. Ours is:
We screen every ingredient
We read the full label on every ingredient and every re-order — because recipes change without notice — and reject anything that contains gluten or carries a peanut or tree-nut warning.
We bake in the right order
On any shared day, vegan and dairy-free batches are baked first, before the rest — fewest allergens to most — so the cleanest bakes happen in the cleanest kitchen.
We deep clean between batches
Between batches, every shared tool is fully washed and every surface is cleaned, sanitized, and rinsed, with a fresh cloth at every step. Sheet pans are lined with fresh parchment. A quick wipe is never enough.
05 Honest About Our Limits
We’d rather tell you the truth than promise more than we can keep. Hearth is a home kitchen. It’s gluten-free and peanut- and tree-nut-free, but it also handles milk, eggs, soy, and coconut, and we don’t lab-test our finished bakes. If you or someone you’re baking for has celiac disease or a severe or anaphylactic allergy, please reach out before ordering so we can talk it through honestly and help you decide what’s right.
06 Every Label Tells the Truth
Every order leaves our kitchen with its ingredients and allergens on the label, so you always know exactly what you’re holding. At checkout, we also ask you to acknowledge that these are home-kitchen baked goods from a kitchen that handles milk, eggs, soy, and coconut — not to cover ourselves, but because informed is the only way we want you to order.
Have a question about a specific allergy? Ask us before you order — we’d genuinely rather hear from you first.
shaylynncook@hearthbakingco.com · (208) 403-2297
Last updated September 30, 2026