Foodworks Nutrition Labelling changelog

Foodworks.online Support Team

Updated 03 June 2026 23:54

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June 2026

Fixed a bug where consecutively removing attached files from a resource required a refresh between each removal to function
Improved UX when changing account password
Resized some pop-up dialogs to avoid cutting off text

May 2026

Moved Version 2 resource reports out of beta
Updated ellipsis menu actions for unpublished resources to only allow deletion
Fixed a bug where the "subscription expired" dialog still showed temporarily after renewing an expired subscription
Updated the UX for resources in the navigation pane resource tree viewer
Fixed a bug where long method descriptions could graphically overflow into other recipe sections when published

April 2026

Ingredients statement improvements
- Updated to ensure allergens are bolded when using a custom ingredients statement
- Updated ingredients statement to ensure processing aids are declared in the correct order of proportion of the recipe
- Pluralise additive class names when they are being combined with each other
- Fixed a bug preventing compound ingredients and simple ingredients to not combine when they have the same declaration name
- Make 'crustacea' an accepted required name for pluralised version of crustacean
- Fixed a bug preventing ingredients with the same declaration name from combining when the declaration names have different capitalisation
- Fixed a bug causing the ingredient contributions percentages to differ from ingredients statement percentages in some circumstances
Fixed bug with energy from alcohol not being used correctly when basing a foods analysis on a reference food for some users

March 2026

Released Notifications feature
- Added ability to subscribe to resources, clients, users and workspace updates. Allowing users to stay informed about activities and events across their organisation and workspaces
Activity logs overhaul
- Updated UI of activity logs across organisation settings, workspace settings, workspace dashboard, resources and clients
- Added additional activities for events in Foodworks.online
- Added filtering tools to quickly locate activities and events
Updated the analysis pane UI and UX to be resizable and collapsible
Fixed a bug in the show sources graph in the analysis pane not displaying the updated resource name
Decoupled resource name from resource and attached to the version
Increased the log out button click area
Updated UI to ensure that clicking outside of a dialogue or pressing esc will close the dialogue.

February 2026

Updated onboarding flow for SSO sign ups to include "I am a student" checkbox
Updated the performance of the workspace dashboard returning
Updated UI to ensure an archived workspace can be restored correctly without refreshing
Updated styling and UI of the error and warning dropdown
Updated tooltips for clarity and readability
Updated the search algorithm to better understand users search and return the most relevant results to the top Understanding the new foods and ingredients search
Updated the reference data UI to allow for data source version pinning

January 2026

Updated UI to correct various typos in dialogues/tooltips
Fixed a bug preventing some users from deleting a workspace

December 2025

Fixed a bug to ensure that copying ingredient/foods grid rows from 'select all' function also copies the sections
Updated UI to show templates in the resource tree
Updated UI and UX for file uploads on resources, profile picture, and organisation logo.
Fixed a bug with the organisation name and logo not showing in the top bar for users with the role 'user'.
Fixed a bug causing organisation logos with transparent backgrounds to not display correctly.

November 2025

Released new Nutrition Labelling reports - Version 2 (Beta) with improvements including improved formatting, richer detail, and customisation.
Fixed a bug causing long initial app loading after automatic sign out overnight.
Updated the ingredient search behaviour to ensure consistent and intuitive ingredient search results.

October 2025

Added 'New Version Available' notification to the app to ensure users are utilising the most current version
Fixed a bug causing the ellipsis button to open a workspace when clicked instead of opening the ellipsis menu
Fixed a bug causing the searchable workspaces to be unavailable when no other data sources are available
Updated the tooltips for ID 1 and ID 2 to better reflect their use cases on the general tab
Fixed minor typos on the general tab of compound ingredients
Fixed a bug preventing resources from displaying in the ingredients grid search results when all data sources are disabled
Updated the resource tree UX settings to be saved on a user basis

September 2025

Added the ability to expand and resize the resource tree in the navigation pane
Added 'Archived' tag to indicate archived resources within the resource tree in the navigation pane
Fixed a bug causing the yield value to change when updating the input method (switching between percentage yield and final weight in grams)
Added functionality to ensure all relevant HSR and CoOL nutrients toggle on an off at the same time.
Fixed a bug causing measures that should be excluded from being added when copying measures to a raw material, sub recipe or recipe resource
Updated user interface for templates feature

August 2025

Updated the inactivity timeout setting to automatically log users out after the selected inactivity period, including when the browser or tab has been closed.
Fixed a bug causing an error screen when a user clicks Publish multiple times in quick succession
Updated user interface to buttons in the analysis pane
Fixed a bug with pre-filling details in the sign up flow when the user exits mid sign up
Fixed a bug showing users the option to delete templates. Only admins and organisation owners may delete resources and templates
Updated user interface to apply template dialogue
Added 'create as recipe' option when there are no search responses in the food grid
Fixed a bug with routing for Foodworks.online getting somer user stuck in a perpetual loading state
Update organisation setting UI to exclude 'role' in the users table for in active users
Added move to another workspace option to the resources ellipsis menu

July 2025

Released resource templates feature, to allow users to standardise resource development.
Fixed a bug with percentage quantities not functioning correctly when you switch the function on prior to adding foods into the grid
Updated user interface to include a brief overlay and loading indicator for when navigating between workspaces
Updated the app security infrastructure
Updated the navigation pane interface to include the scrollbar again per user requests
Fixed a bug causing name changes to not be reflected in the searchable workspace
Added background blur to inactivity sign in dialogue
Updated user interface of linked reconstitution factor in reconstituted raw materials/recipes
Updated subscription management with Stripe user interface and experience
Fixed a bug causing the 'link to reconstitution factor' toggle not working
Fixed a bug causing the tools / files tab to be redirected to tools / export when refreshing
Fixed a bug with navigating between different resources types
Fixed user interface issues in the analysis pane including tooltip text incorrectly displaying and analysis pane horizontally scrolling when long resource names were used in the ingredients/foods grid.

June 2025

Released searchable workspaces feature, to allow workspace resources to be used like reference foods in other workspaces
Released multi select features for the navigation pane allowing users to move resources between workspace and archive/restore/delete multiple resources in a single action
Updated CSV export data tables to match rounding rules used in the label window

May 2025

Improved calculation performance results allowing faster results when working with recipes and sub recipes. And boosted overall app performance and responsiveness
Added what's new dialogue to notify users of recent feature releases and app updates
Updated navigation pane to include: resizing, improved user interface, indicator and keyboard navigation
Improved performance of navigation pane for workspaces with a large number of resources
Fixed a bug prompting users to enter their authentication details twice when logging in
Fixed a bug preventing the forcing of new users to set up two-factor authentication when required by their organisation
Fixed a bug in the user interface showing the remote support access toggle as 'on' after it had automatically disabled
Fixed a bug with processing aids and inedible components breaking the % contributions results in the analysis pane

April 2025

Added fibre to the health star rating standard mark and label CSV export data
Added functionality to declare fibre as 'HIGH' in the health star rating standard mark where fibre is greater than or equal to 4g per serve
Fixed a bug causing the ingredients statement to incorrectly update in recipes with deeply nested ingredients

March 2025

Released new feature allowing single sign on (SSO) using microsoft entra ID.
Fixed a bug preventing attached files on resources from being deleted
Fixed a bug preventing scrolling on large text fields such as notes and description on a resource general tab

February 2025

Introduced % contributions feature in analysis pane to provide detailed insight into recipe formulations and the effects of yield and reconstitution factor in the recipe

January 2025

Fixed an issue that could cause the reconstitution factor and 'liquid' checkboxes to become unchecked when opening a new draft in some resources
Fixed the sort function in the users table in organisation settings
Removed duplicated 'discard draft' option from the ellipsis menu of a published resource with an open draft
Improved search component performance for computers with limited resource availability

December 2024

Improved search component performance for computers with limited resource availability
Fixed a bug that could cause the calculation to fail when swapping an ingredient out for another

November 2024

Fixed an issue that could result in users being sent to the 404 page when an impossible yield value was set
Improved saving behaviour of all analysis pane user preferences to make evaluating and comparing different resources in the same workspace easier
Performance enhancements to navigation pane search and filter menu
Fixed a bug that could result in the user incorrectly receiving a message that a later draft of the resource was available when publishing a change to that resource

October 2024

Resolved a bug that prevented 'added sugars' from displaying on the label when enabled, and placed 'added sugars' under the 'commonly used in nutrition labelling' filter in workspace settings
Performance enhancements to the search component to improve text entry speed on computers with limited resource availability
Made various minor improvements to the organisation settings interface
Fixed a bug causing added sugars not to export when enabled for a label nutrition information panel

September 2024

Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect composition calculations in recipes that contain ingredients with a weight of 0g
Fixed a bug that could prevent some users from updating their subscription
Fixed a bug that could cause the over-declaration of sulphites in the ingredients statement of recipes with greater than 10mg/kg added sulphites

August 2024

Fixed a bug causing app to 404 when truncated tags are searched in the navigation pane
Fixed a bug causing ingredient group selections not to be retained when creating a new draft
Fixed a bug causing abnormal line breaks in customers resource report
Fixed a bug causing ingredient groups to become unselected when publishing a new resource version
Fixed a bug allowing users already active in an organisation to get invited again, occupying a new seat
Fixed a bug not being able to enter non-numeric characters into overrides/nutrients notes field
Updated serves/yield UI to be less confusing and be more visible in view mode
Fixed a bug with removing users in education accounts through the 'Manually enter emails' dialog
Relocated workspace settings activity log to General tab of Workspace settings
Added in a number of snackbar notifications for actions in the ellipsis menu of rows in the grid
Added invalidation for nutrient focus columns when a new food is added to the grid
Various reports styling fixes + adding a cancel option to dialog + adding a search option to the nutrients section
Fixed formatting bug with 'Add/remove users' and 'Upgrade to duo' dialog
Moved unit of measurement in nutrient focus column header to tooltip
Fixed a bug with assigning new Org owner looking to apply immediately instead of after clicking confirm in the interrupting dialog
Added a pin all option to errors/warnings menu
Added back button alongside progress dots in process when purchasing a new subscription OR renewing a lapsed subscription
Added the ability to search by resource ID in grid search
Updated UI for 'add tag' button to be more similar to 'attach file' button
Increased sizing and changed colour of print/copy label buttons
Fixed minor UI bugs on checkout page
Fixed primary action buttons on 'billing and organisation details' page disappear on small screens in Org settings
Fixed truncation issue with long nutrient filter names in menu
Fixed a bug causing strange behaviour when clicking multiple checkboxes in a list quickly
Fixed a UI issue allowing users to navigate to archived resources from the workspace activity log
Fixed a number of vertical scrollbars appearing in unnecessary places on Windows PCs
Added in snackbars for successful user invites in Education accounts
Updated clickability of 'Foodworks.online' button up the top left of the top app bar
Fixed a bug that was causing the Org settings users table 'Sort' to be non functional
Made 'more' menu icon remain visible when corresponding menu was open in grid
Made 'show sources' graph update without refresh when a new food is added to the grid
Made reinviting inactive users switch their status to pending without refreshing the page
Updated menu icons in resource ellipsis menu to be consistent in sizing, line weight and colour
In Base Analysis On dialog added extra details to show what current food analysis was being based on
Fixed typo in Workspace settings/Data sources tab
Added UI prompting users to go to edit mode when on the Labelling/Ingredients subtab
Made it so that values in fields on shelf life tab are preserved even when 'Show shelf life' is toggled off
Made the shelf life tab card scrollable on small screens

July 2024

Foodworks.online Nutrition Labelling Version 2 was released. See Foodworks Nutrition Labelling V2 - Features at 24 July 2024 for more information.

February 2024

Fixed a bug that could cause the serving size displayed in the label have too many decimal places
Fixed a bug that could cause the yield calculation to fail for recipes containing large amounts of polydextrose
Fixed a bug that could cause label report to display the gram value for serve size instead of the mL measurement when 'Show mL instead of per 100g' was checked

January 2024

Fixed a bug preventing the label name to prefill in the LabelName column in the LabelSettings CSV, when an alternative label name is not in use

December 2023

Fixed a bug preventing the "May be present" prefix being used when selected in the LabelSettings CSV

November 2023

Fixed a bug that could cause ingredients with the same declaration name to fail to combine when in deeply nested recipes

October 2023

Fixed a bug that could cause the Publish Labelling Information tool to use deleted nutrient values in the calculation
Tree Nuts will now appear in the Precautionary Allergen Labelling statement when enabled and set or calculated to 'Maybe'
Fixed a bug causing the label to display the incorrect superscript reference numbers for %ESADDI, %RDI and %DI in some circumstances

September 2023

Added yield to reports when yield is calculated using the recipes final weight
Updated summary statement to ensure each word is capitalised
Updated alternative label name field to allow for 60 characters, instead of 40
Fixed a bug that could cause the %Aus calculation to fail to include the weight of additional instances of the same ingredient used within a single recipe.
Fixed a bug that could cause the %Aus to be under-declared on resources that have their base analysis on option set to a datasource items that retrieves its composition values from an underlying recipe
Fixed a bug that could cause the %Aus value to calculate improperly for some sub recipes
Fixed a bug that could cause the FVNL and CFV values to fail to calculate where the result was 0%
Fixed a bug that could cause the ingredients statement to under-declare the weight of a compound ingredient where that compound ingredient appeared in a sub recipe that was used in multiple rows of the final recipe
Fixed a bug that could cause Foodworks to crash where an impossible yield factor was set
Fixed a bug with nutrient filters in the analysis pane incorrectly impacting nutrient calculations

August 2023

Fixed a bug causing energy from alcohol to not contribute to energy calculations in a recipe unless a yield was applied
Fixed a bug that could cause Added Sulphites to be underdeclared in the Ingredients Statement of the final recipe
Fixed a bug that could cause Added Sulphites to be over-declared in the Ingredients Statement where the calculated value became less than 10mg per kilogram in the final recipe
Fixed a bug causing the serve weight to not display correctly in the published labelling data csv where sub recipe or recipe was a liquid
Fixed a bug causing some allergens to not bold correctly in the ingredients statement
Fixed a bug causing pine nut to not be identified as the required name in the ingredients statement
Fixed a bug causing the allergens to be declared twice when the pluralised required name was used in the declaration name
Fixed a bug causing the characterising ingredient statements to not publish correctly in the published label information csv
Updated AusBrands 2019 data source
Updated publish labelling information csv to use new ingredients statement calculations
Fixed a bug causing historical declaration names to appear in the characterising ingredient list when they are no longer in use

July 2023

Fixed a bug causing the tag filter in the analysis pane to not update when tags were added or removed after their initial placement
Updated sub recipe and recipe reports to ensure non-PEAL allergens also display in the Allergens and Warnings table
Updated UI of Organisation Settings for invoiced users
Fixed a bug causing % daily intake column to not display in sub recipe and recipe reports
Removed several redundant/carryover nutrients and components from FoodWorks 10 for enhanced understandability
Fixed a bug that could cause HSRs to calculate incorrectly
Added resource name to PDF window for Nutrition Labelling reports
Added resource reports feature for raw materials, sub recipes and recipes
Fixed a bug that could cause CoOL to calculate incorrectly where a recipe contained the same ingredient several times

June 2023

Fixed a bug causing sub recipes to save as recipes and vice versa
Enabled scrolling on workspace dashboard for small screens
Fixed a bug causing deleted rows to contribute to analyses
Fixed a bug causing the incorrect invite date to display in organisation settings > users table.
Improved performance for large workspaces
Fixed a bug causing some declarations names to not work for characterising ingredients
Fixed a bug causing single word allergen names to not bold in the declaration name and instead be shown in parentheses after the name
Fixed a bug causing ingredients statement to not generate for recipes with the declaration type set to compound ingredient (based on overrides)
Fixed a bug causing ingredients statement to not generate for some users

May 2023

Fixed a bug that could cause characterising ingredients to get stuck as enabled or disabled for some users
Updated the publish labelling information feature to allow for publishing of up to 5000 resources at a time
Updated search query ordering to factor in natural language and account for typos in text for enhanced usability and search performance, helping users locate reference foods more easily
Updated search service for further performance and scalability enhancements under load to improve result times for search queries
Fixed a bug that could prevent the ingredients statement from generating when an allergen override of 'Maybe' was set on the final recipe
Made changes to improve performance and scalability under load, to improve the user experience when loading the workspace dashboard, opening a workspace, or searching for a food in the ingredients/foods grids
Major ingredients statement updates for enhanced usability. All known issues are now resolved, including:
- Selections in the ingredients grid now recalculate the ingredients statement for that selection
- Fixed a bug that prevented final weight (g) from functioning properly in the ingredients statement
- Fixed a bug that prevented the less than 5% statement from being used where both a greater than 5% and less than 5% statement were set in some recipes\
- Moved the declaration of present allergens in recipes declared as compound ingredients to better align with the requirements of the code
- Fixed a bug that prevented compound ingredients from being properly declared where they were the only ingredient in a nested recipe
- Fixed a bug that could cause allergens to be declared twice in some compound ingredients
- Fixed a bug that prevented characterising ingredients from calculating correctly where the 'serve' measure was in use in the recipe
- Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect ordering of ingredients within ingredient groups
- Fixed a bug that could cause sub-recipes declared as reconstituted ingredients to use the calculated statement instead of the declared statement
- Fixed an issue that could cause the calculated characterising ingredient % to be too high where a characterising ingredient appears multiple times in different sub recipes declared as compound ingredient (from ingredients)
- Updated our understanding of added water availability across sub-recipes to more accurately reflect our understanding of the Code and achieve a shorter ingredients statement.
- Additives will now group under their class name where the class name selected is the same
  Improved performance time for generating ingredients statements
- Updated app stability to reduce the likelihood of users experiencing app crashes or white-screening

April 2023

Updated UI to include visual indicator when the analysis pane has a nutrient filter applied
Update UI and UX of analysis pane nutrient filters including additional tooltips and updated section names for more clarity for users
Updated inactivity timeout to never for all users. Organisation owners can update these settings in the organisation settings
Fixed bug causing the incorrect volume conversion factor to be used where a resource is based on a food with its own volume conversion factor
Updated UX to allow focused nutrients to be set per workspace
Fixed several bugs in the publish label information to CSV function. These included updates to country of origin (CoOL) value rounding, spacing between values and units of measurement, standardising use of text qualifiers, and issues with energy values and %DI publishing incorrect values or not publishing at all
Added tooltips to yield and number or serves fields
Added final weight/yield calculation result field
Updated ID field on general tab to new name: ID 1
Fixed bug that could cause CoOL calculation to return incorrect results

March 2023

Updated name of the nutrient 'milk fat' to 'milk solids'
Added new nutrients milk solids % and cocoa solids %
Updated FVNL and CFV calculations to be percentage based
Added in-app banner to allow Xyris to communicate with Foodworks users more effectively
Added new warning message when nutrition information panel (NIP) displays in 100mL, but the user has not set a volume conversion factor
Updated UI and UX of nutrient focus columns

February 2023

Updated UI to sort tags in the navigation pane by alphabetical order
Updated tooltip next to the HSR/NPSC category menu to include a link to a support article that contains further information about each category
Added show sources graph to analysis pane in nutrition labelling workspaces
Added error handling to the publish labelling information page where no results match the search parameters
Truncated long workspace names in the workspaces drop-down in the top bar
Increased character limits in the description and notes fields on the general tab to allow for up to 25,000 characters
Updated UX and UI of description and notes fields on the general tab for increased readability
Updated nutrition information panel (NIP) to display added sugars when enabled
Updated default enabled reference measures
Updated UI of nutrient filter dialog for enhanced readability
Updated nutrition labelling workspace description
Updated food grid ellipsis menus to display resource type for nested resources

January 2023

Updated enabled workspace nutrients after importing a FoodWorks 10 database to reflect the nutrients enabled in FoodWorks 10 plus the updated allergens per plain english allergen labelling (PEAL) requirements
Added toggle for may contain statements and additional prefix options for precautionary allergen labelling
Updated UI and UX of organisation settings portal for usability enhancements
Fixed bug causing the ingredient list to not copy when using the copy label to clipboard function
Fixed bug causing the wrong number of users to display on the workspace management modal

December 2022

Added error-handling email for users who have an database import that fails
Added ability to toggle off country of origin (CoOL) statements on label
Update UI to show custom nutrition labelling resources first in the search responses in the food grid
Added import functionality for FoodWorks 10 Nutrition Labelling databases
Added ingredients tree feature for easier navigation between nested resources
Overhauled the onboarding experience for improved clarity and convenience
Removed the name of the compound ingredient in its own ingredients list where it is the only ingredient declared
Fixed bug causing allergens to be declared twice for compound ingredients
Fixed bug causing allergens to not display for raw materials declared as additives
Fixed bug causing characterising ingredients to display when not toggled on
Added ability to declare allergens as plurals
Launched Foodworks.online Nutrition Labelling - for details on the features available at launch see Foodworks Nutrition Labelling - Features at 14 December 2022